Finding the Meaning of an Artwork According to John Berger in his essay “Ways of Seeing” the way that a painting is viewed by some may already be distorted prior to analyzing it because we are not viewing the original piece. The information that comes from the silence of a painting is only truly experienced when looking at the original work rather than a reproduction of it. The original work speaks to you in a way that a reproduction is not able to. Berger says this clearly when he states:
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Introduction Paragraph: Hatchet. Is the book I like the most among three. Written by Gary Paulsen and published in 1996 was even appointed to a Newberry Honor Book. It is a story whose genre is survival adventure‚ and its main subject is a broken parent’s boy’s survival in forest. Summary: Brian was a sad boy whose parent got divorced‚ and he had to stay with father for the vacation. While he was going to Canada‚ the pilot got a heart attack‚ and gas ran out. Then a plane went down to the forest
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bell hooks: “Seeing and Making Culture” Summary In the essay “Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor”‚ hooks proposes a different perspective on issues regarding people of higher class compared to those of lower class. In doing so‚ she clarifies and illustrates assumptions made about the poor‚ how they are viewed in popular culture‚ and in the media. To further validate her points‚ she utilizes ideas that stem from her own personal experiences with poverty‚ as well as examples from pop
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Ways of Seeing is a very thin book‚ with few words‚ yet it is an extremely influential book‚ and confronts several important aspects of art‚ unlike any other author. John Berger takes a general approach of Marxism and New Art History relating to social history in Ways of Seeing. He focuses less on the aesthetic properties of art‚ and more on the New Art History approach; on the social and political construction of artworks‚ mainly oil paintings concerning class‚ race‚ gender‚ and ethnicity. Berger
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In John Berger’s article‚ ’Ways of Seeing’‚ it explains European eighteenth century art and how it relates to many of todays cultural transitions. Before Berger begins explaining the art itself‚ he tells us about the cultural constructions that exist today. These cultural constructions are enforced and were highlighted through European eighteenth century art. He began by explaining the difference between a man and a woman’s presence. Men’s presence depends how much power he is able to successfully
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Eng. 101 9:30-11:00 "Seeing" by Annie Dillard: 1) According to Dillard‚ lovers and the knowledgeable can see well. Yet she also suggests that those who are knowledgeable on a topic‚ such as people who have been blind from birth and can suddenly see (due to an opperation)‚ can perhaps view more objectively the world around them‚ and see it in a way that those with vision from birth cannot. Infants‚ she says‚ can see very clearly‚ for they are viewing the world for the first time‚ and can observe
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In each of their works‚ Dillard‚ Heat-Moon‚ and Hutto illustrate that every moment holds boundless wonder. As humans we are wired to look at the future. It is basic preservation. We are always thinking about the next step. Unfortunately‚ this means that we are often oblivious to the breathtaking world we live in. Throughout “Seeing”‚ Annie Dillard described in exquisite detail the world around her‚ from the creek near her house to the reactions of people newly given with their sight‚ she tells
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Future. Azizah as my personal assistant came knocking on my white big door and turned my door knob gently. She knew I was having a diplomatic talk with the France Ambassador. She put my coffee on the table and glanced at me with her finger on her wristwatch symbolizes its time for another meeting. I stood up and shook hands with the big and tall Ambassador with an agreement that Malaysian students will give their full commitment of studies in France in Engineering‚ Culinary or Language. With his
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Strength: Gary Sanchez is playing for the New York Yankees which is one of the biggest team in the Major League Baseball. After his debut started at the All-Star Futures Game‚ his club promoted him to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League where he hit a homerun in his first at-bat. New York is a town filled with a Hispanic community whom the majority supports him‚ which increased his popularity phenomenally. Sanchez gained the best record of any rookie in a short
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