{"product_id":"ways-of-seeing","title":"Ways of Seeing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBased on the BBC television series, John Berger's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWays of Seeing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a unique look at the way we view art, published as part of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePenguin on Design \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eseries in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Berger's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWays of Seeing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of the most stimulating and influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e critic commented: 'This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings . . . he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures.' By now he has.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Service Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57586986746229,"sku":"22312","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/9833\/files\/Ways_of_seeing.jpg?v=1790005339","url":"https:\/\/shop.barbican.org.uk\/products\/ways-of-seeing","provider":"Barbican Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}