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John Peter Berger (/ ˈ b ɜːr dʒ ər / BUR-jər; 5 November 1926 – 2 January 2017) was an English art critic, novelist, painter and poet.His novel G. won the 1972 Booker Prize, and his essay on art criticism Ways of Seeing, written as an accompaniment to the BBC series of the same name, was influential.
According to James Bridle, Berger "didn't just help us gain a new perspective on viewing art with his 1972 series Ways of Seeing – he also revealed much about the world in which we live. Whether exploring the history of the female nude or the status of oil paint, his landmark series showed how art revealed the social and political systems in ...
In the television series and book Ways of Seeing (1972), the art critic John Berger used the term the male gaze to discuss and explain the sexual objectification of women in the arts and in advertising — by distinguishing that men look at and that women are looked at as the subject of an image, as a representation. Regarding the social ...
The concept of the "male gaze" was first used by the English art critic John Berger in Ways of Seeing, a series of films for the BBC aired in January 1972, and later a book, as part of his analysis of the treatment of the nude in European painting. Berger described the difference between how men and women view and are viewed in art and in society.
Art critic John Berger wrote the book The Suit and the Photograph (1980), based on this photograph. He states: "The date is 1914. The three young men belong, at the very most, to the second generation who ever wore such suits in the European countryside.
John Berger (1926–2017) was an English art critic, novelist, painter, poet and author. John Berger may also refer to: John Berger (author) (born 1945), American author and environmental consultant; John Berger (cross-country skier) (1909–2002), Swedish cross-country skier; Johnny Berger (1901–1979), American baseball catcher
A Louisiana homeowner is scaring up a delightful Halloween display this year with custom Taylor Swift-themed giant skeletons, all of which are ready to perform in the “scEras Tour.” Louellen ...
The first exhibition was held at the end of 1953 in the Three Arts Centre, Great Cumberland Place and was opened by art critic John Berger. Twenty six artists exhibited. Soon after this the group was renamed the 'Free Painters Group' and annual exhibitions followed in Walker's Galleries on New Bond Street.