Portraits
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (783 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00R049OJC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 329 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Storyteller, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, dramatist and critic, John Berger (1926–2017) was one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. His many books include Ways of Seeing; the fiction trilogy Into Their Labours; Here Is Where We Meet; the Booker Prize–winning novel G; Hold Everything Dear; the Man Booker–longlisted From A to X; and A Seventh Man.Tom Overton catalogued J
But above all he teaches us how to love in the face of adversity. Portraits is so lively a book it can feel uncanny.” —n+1 “Regardless of the era he studies or the decade in which he writes, his lyrical prose always ultimately serves a fervent political concern … Berger’s writing is fearless, winnowing down canonized artists to their essential political bones.” —Brooklyn Rail “This insistence upon unearthing for the present viewer the hidden labor of the artist, w
cpr said John Berger has an artist’s heart. John Berger has an artist’s heart. He writes like a storyteller - exploring a selected group of artists he has pulled from previous articles? (Maybe his personal favorites) He breaks down the artist and the art into manageable pieces and profiles the artist from his intellectual brain in a creative way. This is not an Art History book but Berger's knowledgeable understanding of each artist mixed with his travels It's not a read from beginning to end - You browse and read It’s an excellent book for artists or those interested in art. Berger's Combination of Aesthetic Value and Social Analysis Inter Axion Inc. Each essay combines an insightful appreciation of a work of art with Berger's insights into life in our day.For example, in his discussion of the Fayum Portrait Painters of the 1st to 3rd centuries , Berger contrasts the "confident, expansive culture" of the time with our own in which "The future has been, for the moment, downsized, and the past is being made redundant.". Hardback not as pictured. indeed_and_truth Hardback did not arrive as expected. It is not like the pictures on amazon. I would have bought the paperback if I hadn't been somewhat persuaded by the lovely looking Verso cover with a burlap looking texture. Instead, the book arrived in a regularly hardback. It is decent quality but now what I expected. Starts because of the book's content, but I am disappointed it was not the Verso cover I expected.
In Portraits, Berger grounds the artists in their historical milieu in revolutionary ways, whether enlarging on the prehistoric paintings of the Chauvet caves or Cy Twombly’s linguistic and pictorial play. A major new book from one of the world’s leading writers and art criticsJohn Berger, one of the world’s most celebrated art writers, takes us through centuries of drawing and painting, revealing his lifelong fascination with a diverse cast of artists. The result is an illuminating walk through many centuries of visual cultu