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ImagesвЂ™ meaning can be changed by context вЂ“ what is around the image, what it portrays in relation to something else вЂ“ Showed a Goya confrontation/shooting image after a TV dance song, and then in context of prisoners being tied up to face a firing squad. Paintings, on reproduction, become a form of information, competing with other information. Opera extract over a Caravaggio painting вЂ“ secular meaning gleam, then with a Bach chorale (St Mathew Passion) over the same image вЂ“ gives the work a religious overtone Music вЂ“ can also change music subtly and without the viewer being aware of it. Or with film вЂ“ zooming in selectively can give completely different meanings вЂ“ uses a crucifixion image of Christ carrying the cross вЂ“ вЂin paintings there is no unfolding timeвЂ™ Paintings can be used for manipulation вЂ“ e.g. There is a conduit from the silent, still painting to the viewer вЂ“ Talks about the silence and stillness of a painting вЂ“ which вЂcan be very strikingвЂ™. Replica and original different in meaning. Need to strip the false religiosity (cash value) may be a substitute for what was lost when the camera allowed images to be reproduced. Market value (which depends on authenticity of the unique image) gives a new sense of mystique to art work. Talks about authenticity and research to verify that authenticity Now вЂ“ can be seen anywhere, including our own homeДiscussion of the reproduction in comparison with the original вЂ“ we cannot see the whole painting in its original state вЂ“ uses The Virgin of the Rocks Da Vinci вЂ“ as an example. вЂ“ in a specific place with pilgrims travelling to see it. History вЂ“ paintings were originally painted for a specific place вЂ“ were an integral part of the building for which they were commissioned.Д®xtreme example of this is the icon вЂ“ a place of meaning вЂ“ symbol of their god. We now see images in the context of our own lives (rather than having to go to the gallery to view them). We can now see images of paintings via photography вЂ“ can be seen вЂin a million places at the same timeвЂ™ вЂ“ e.g.

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(Manifesto 1923 by Dzigo Vertov (Russian film director) вЂ“ spoken over his 1928 film A man with a movie camera, film) Historical footage вЂ“ of a film camera (Black and white) вЂ“ multiple film images with text. Perspective centres everything on the eye of the beholder вЂ“ makes the eye the centre of the visible worldД¬ameras changed this вЂ“ we could see things from the perspective of someone else вЂ“ Says we now see paintings differently from how other before saw them. Image вЂ“ cutting part of an вЂold masterвЂ™ painting from the canvas вЂ“ a female portrait.

Berger believes womenвЂ™s self-worth is measured by how others see her вЂ“ вЂthrough the manner in which she is portrayed, in her own eyes, and in menвЂ™s eyes.вЂ™Д«erger analyses nude depictions of women in the European artistic tradition. Men are potent creatures who are seen as doing, women, passive with the purpose of caring for men.

States that John Berger differentiates ways of seeing women and men. ( Berger 1975a) Preliminary notes (EEA202 Cloud site )

This text was originally published on Maharam Stories in March, 2012.Ways of Seeing, Episode 1 (BBC (You Tube) 1975), Berger, John (dir.). Michael Rock is a New York-based graphic designer and partner at 2x4.

In so doing he presages the development of the playlist as a predominant contemporary form and creates one of the first pre-digital books.

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But Berger also adds two entirely visual essays: a series of examples that by the power of selection and juxtaposition alone makes his thesis. There are five text-and-image essays on everything from Renaissance nudes to modern advertising. Reflecting its origin as a televisual experience, the text and images work simultaneously, one leveraging the other. The entire text is in bold sans serif, broken down into short paragraphs coupled with visual examples. The essay text starts on the cover, giving the book both a certain modesty (fewer pages) and an urgency (read it now!). Shortly after it aired, Berger and designer Richard Hollis produced a printed version of the series published by Pelican Books-a slim, 5-inch-by-8-inch paperback with only 166 pages and both black and white ink on uncoated paper-an imprint dedicated to education. Ways of Seeing was a four-part BBC television series written by critic John Berger. While the digital may be destabilizing print, it is interesting to consider the reverse scenario: print stabilizing digital.