“The uniqueness of every painting was once part of the uniqueness of the place where it resided.”
Chap. 1
Ways of Seeing (1972)
Quotes from book
Ways of Seeing
Ways of Seeing is a 1972 television series of 30-minute films created chiefly by writer John Berger and producer Mike Dibb. It was broadcast on BBC Two in January 1972 and adapted into a book of the same name.
“Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion.”
Source: Ways of Seeing (1972), p. 148
Source: Ways of Seeing (1972)
Context: According to usage and conventions which are at last being questioned but have by no means been overcome, the social presence of a woman is different in kind from that of a man... A man's presence suggests what he is capable of doing to you or for you... By contrast, a woman's presence expresses her own attitude to herself, and defines what can and cannot be done to her. (p. 45-46)
Source: Ways of Seeing (1972), p. 130
