I could appreciate the complexity of mummies. Throughout all these diverse cultures of art‚ I was questioning myself and started to wonder how I could understand art beyond others’ opinion about them. Moreover‚ I realized that it was a question John Berger‚ critic of art and author of the Ways of Seeing‚ raised in his essay‚ and it is a question that will always be raised while demanding how to understand a certain art. Walking through a room where various French artists had their paintings exposed
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a man named John Berger who sat in front of a naked man‚ drawing frantically on a piece of paper that later would become/will become (jag vet inte vad du tycker ar bast?) the groundwork of his essay “Drawing.” As Berger‚ writing his essay from the perspective of an authentic artist‚ starts to examine the process of drawing from beginning to end‚ his work in Selected Essays will convey an author with divergent voices that will help us relate to the very abstract and complex ideas Berger expresses around
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Vermeer and the Nazi Leadership In World War II‚ the Nazis had overtaken most of Europe. They plundered all the best of Europe’s resources‚ particularly each nation’s great art treasures. As Germany’s leaders‚ Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering had unusual interest in collecting these masterpieces. Among all the art available to them some art held a special appeal. The art of Johannes Vermeer was a coveted prize to both of them. Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering were powerful‚ ruthless people that
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Johannes Vermeer Vermeer was a realist painter who focused on chiaroscuro and became a master in using this technique. The artist delighted in the technicalities of the camera obscura that had emerged in Dutch markets at this time and was an avid fan of using various lens and glass contraptions to discover new forms of capturing light in various contexts. There is little information about Vermeer’s personal life. He seems to have devoted his time to his work and never left his hometown of Delft
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In John Berger’s essay titled “Ways of Seeing‚” he shines a light on the way we collectively and individually see the world. Mr. Berger has conjured the fact that everyone has experienced their own view of the world‚ throughout time. This has‚ in turn‚ revealed our history‚ through visual communication. Mr. Berger is sharing his view on how the reproductions of art‚ and through reproducing historical and contemporary art‚ that it is mystifying our direct correlation to the past. John Berger states
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ever since humanity existed. Advertisement and publicity have used beauty to trap and hunt consumers. Despite the different perspectives‚ Susan Bordo and John Berger have focused on the concept of how beauty is displayed‚ how we view it‚ and how it is utilized to attract us as consumers‚ and affect our lives. In his book “Ways of Seeing‚” John Berger talks about viewing images‚ viewing the world around us‚ especially the world of classic art. Susan Bordo’s essay “Beauty (Re) discovers the male body”
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their lives but a good amount of them are rediscovered only a long time after their death. No matter when or how they are discovered‚ they still hold an important place in art’s long history. Two of these significant people happen to be Vermeer and Caravaggio. Vermeer was a Dutch painter‚ born on October 31‚ 1632‚ in Delft‚ Netherlands. Not much is known about him as he was only made famous a long time after his death. What is known about him is that he lived a peaceful home life with his wife‚ Catharina
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ASSIGNMENT 1 Looking at Pictures [Berger] Original paintings are silent and still in a sense that information never is. Even a reproduction hung on the wall is not comparable in this respect for in the original the silence and stillness permeate the actual material‚ the paint‚ in which one follows the traces of the painter’s immediate gestures. This has the effect of closing the distance in time between the painting of the picture and one’s own act of looking at it. ... What we make of that painted
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Berger Silk Q24 Click to write the question text I would not care at all as to which one I buy (1) Very Unimportant (2) Somewhat Unimportant (5) Neither Important nor Unimportant (6) Somewhat Important (7) Very Important (8) Extremely Important (9) Q23 Do you think that the various types and brands of this product available in the market are all vary alike or are all very different? They are all alike (1) moderately alike (2) mildly alike (3) neutral (4) not very alike (5) not alike (6)
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Questionnaire 1. Do you stock Berger paints? a) Yes b) No 2. If no would you like to deal with Berger paints over Asian paints? a) Yes b) May be c) No 3. If yes what would you expect from the company? a) In timely delivery b) Profit margin c) Promotions 4. Which category of paints is sold mostly? a) Decorative b) Industrial 5. Which brand is mostly preferred on decorative segment? a) Asian paint b) Berger c) Nerolac
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