| The Sense of Sight Contributor(s): Berger, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679737227 ISBN-13: 9780679737223 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1993 Annotation: With this provocative and infinitely moving collection of essays, a preeminent critic of our time respond to the profound questions posed by the visual world. For when John Berger writes about Cubism, he writes not only of Braque, Leger, Picasso, and Gris, but of that incredible moment early in this century when the world converged around a marvelous sense of promise. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Criticism & Theory - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) |
| Dewey: 700 |
| LCCN: 93013120 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.67 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With this provocative and infinitely moving collection of essays, a preeminent critic of our time responds to the profound questions posed by the visual world. For when Booker Prize-winning author John Berger writes about Cubism, he writes not only of Braque, L ger, Picasso, and Gris, but of that incredible moment early in this century when the world converged around a marvelous sense of promise. When he looks at the Modigliani, he sees a man's infinite love revealed in the elongated lines of the painted figure. Ranging from the Renaissance to the conflagration of Hiroshima; from the Bosphorus to Manhattan; from the woodcarvers of a French village to Goya, D rer, and Van Gogh; and from private experiences of love and of loss, to the major political upheavals of our time, The Sense of Sight encourages us to see with the same breadth, courage, and moral engagement that its author does. |