Landscapes: John Berger on Art

Landscapes: John Berger on Art

A major new work from the worldâ€™s leading writer on art

Landscapes, the companion volume to John Bergerâ€™s highly acclaimed Portraits, explores what art tells us about ourselves.

â€œBergerâ€™s work is an invitation to reimagine; to see in different ways,â€ writes Tom Overton in the introduction to this volume. As a master storyteller and thinker John Berger challenges readers to rethink their every assumption about the role of creativity in our lives.

In this brilliant collection of diverse piecesâ€”essays, short stories, poems, translationsâ€”which spans a lifetimeâ€™s engagement with art, John Berger reveals how he came to his own unique way of seeing. He pays homage to the writers and thinkers who infuenced him, such as Walter Benjamin, Rosa Luxemburg and Bertolt Brecht. His expansive perspective takes in artistic movements and individual artistsâ€”from the Renaissance to the presentâ€”while never neglecting the social and political context of their creation.

Berger pushes at the limits of art writing, demonstrating beautifully how his artistâ€™s eye makes him a storyteller in these essays, rather than a critic. With â€œlandscapeâ€ as an animating, liberating metaphor rather than a rigid defnition, this collection surveys the aesthetic landscapes that have informed, challenged and nourished John Bergerâ€™s understanding of the world. Landscapesâ€”alongside Portraitsâ€”completes a tour through the history of art that will be an intellectual benchmark for many years to come.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 25769034
Color Grey
ReleaseDate 2016-11-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781784785840

Country	USA
Brand	Verso
Manufacturer	Verso
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	25769034
Color	Grey
ReleaseDate	2016-11-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781784785840

Landscapes: John Berger on Art

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