Ways of Seeing
1972 · BBC Two · 30 min · 1 season
S01E04 · Part Four
Sun, 30 Jan, 8:00 am
In this programme, Berger analyses the images of advertising and publicity and shows how they relate to the tradition of oil painting - in moods, relationships and poses.
About
John Berger presents his insights on how people see. Through examples of Art History Berger shows how our very sense of sight has been transformed. By discovering why this is so, according to Berger, "we shall discover something about ourselves".
Episodes
- E01
Part One
Sun, 9 Jan· 30 minIn the first programme, Berger examines the impact of photography on our appreciation of art from the past.
- E02
Part Two
Sun, 16 Jan· 30 minThis second programme deals with the portrayal of the female nude, an important part of the tradition of European art. Berger examines these paintings and asks whether they celebrate women as they really are or only as men would like them to be.
- E03
Part Three
Sun, 23 Jan· 30 minWith the invention of oil paint around 1400, painters were able to portray people and objects with an unprecedented degree of realism, and painting became the ideal way to celebrate private possessions. In this programme, John Berger questions the value we place on that tradition.
- E04
Part Four
Sun, 30 Jan· 30 minIn this programme, Berger analyses the images of advertising and publicity and shows how they relate to the tradition of oil painting - in moods, relationships and poses.
Cast
John Berger
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