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Ways of seeing

by John Berger

Based on a 1972 BBC television series, this work on art criticism explores the relationship between what we see and what we know. It analyses how we look at paintings and how visual culture shapes our perception of the world.

Accession 2204 ISBN 0563122447 Publisher British Broadcasting Corporation, Penguin
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