'Ways of Seeing' at 50: A book that adeptly assesses the narratives behind Western European painting
John Berger examines the tradition that panders to male voyeurism by depicting naked women as passive objects of desire.
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John Berger examines the tradition that panders to male voyeurism by depicting naked women as passive objects of desire.
John Berger’s Ways of Seeing has been described as art history’s equivalent of Mao’s Little Red Book. It changed how we look at art.
It was an unlikely choice for BBC Two to schedule against Match of the Day. But Berger’s series and book now forms the bedrock of how we interpret art and advertising