Friday, September 9, 2011

Reading Handout, John Berger, Ways of Seeing

The reading is an except from John Berger's Ways of Seeing, put out by the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1972. It is considered an early and very accessable work of postmodernism. Link here to read on-line.


Cigarette Ad
Men's cologne, Nacho, Professional Polo Champion, 2009
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer, oil painting, 1665
Alicia Silverstone
Venus of Urbino by Titian, oil painting,  1538
Magazine Ad for Donna Karan, Fashion Designer
Augustus, First Emperor of the Roman Empire, Marble Carving
Michael Phelps, Olympic Swimmer, 16 medals
Luncheon on the Grass, 1863, Edouard Manet, oil painting
Jupiter and Thetis, 1811, Ingres, oil painting
Pan Pursuing Syrinx, 17th century
Bacchus, Ceres and Cupid, Bartholomew Spranger
Interior of St. Odulphus' Church at Assendelft by Pieter Saenredam, 1649
The Great Wave, 1829-32, Katsushika Hokusai, color woodcut


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