Art Books

WAYS OF SEEING (1972), one of John Berger's best known works, began as a series of BBC programs. Both TV shows and book attempt to popularize some of Berger's very anti-establishment ideas about art, particularly his proto-feminist way of looking at the nude, his appreciation of photography and other mechanically reproduced art, and his recognition of the ambiguities involved in art used as propaganda. WAYS OF SEEING has been hugely influential--and also controversial because of Berger's leftist orientation--and has often been used as a standard art-school textbook.

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Lavishly illustrated with black and white and color photographs, this seminal text traces the history of Western art from the prehistoric era through postmodernism, all in the authors' well-known narrative style. Commentary by 20th-century art historians offers insight into the meanings of the art.

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Contained in this substantive tome is the content of seven lectures delivered in the spring of 1956, entitled "The Visible World and the Language of Art." With only slight changes made to the original text, the abundantly illustrated volume deals with the theoretical and psychological experiences of art and art history. Beginning with the Ancient Greeks, Gombrich writes about both the process of making art and the viewer's perceptions and observations.

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This riotous spoof involves very convincing and hilarious documentation of the artwork of cats. Convincing essays about cat art history, what motivates cats, and numerous cat artist profiles will inspire cat owners to test their own tabby's innate artistic skills.

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