John Berger "Ways of Seeing"

Nicholas Kollert

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John Berger "Ways of Seeing"

September 9, 2012

"Ways of Seeing"

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After looking up two famous people I noticed that the male figure was depicted as being a strong almost rugged individual possibly to make him look like the prototypical male role model figure that our society demands he looks like. While the female figure was dressed in white clothing and is in almost a sexy pose.  Witch is counter depicting because the white or light clothing is a sign of purity but she’s in a sexy pose witch is a complete counter diction. 

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2.  yes  the artist knew what they were doing because artist don’t just create something without there being a meaning behind it and often there messages are hidden within there work. I think Berger would agree with me because he’s trying to say the same thing basically but in a different context. 

4. I think the audience is the people that are trying to go against Berger’s point of view. Because he states facts of actually what’s going on in the paints trying to get other people to understand what the artist is trying to say.

5.   The other affects our desires epically in men by drawing us to it with provoking images of females in a certain way to get men to pay attention to whatever the artist created. A different perspective can make all the difference in what the image mean or what the artist wants it to mean.

AEI

1.     Apiece of artwork that depicts men in that way could be the statue of ‘David’ with him being completely nude it caused great controversy when it was first erected.  The time gap between the state and some of the paintings is actually quite large some a couple hundred years. I think the time gap could be a factor in how it was viewed. because that large of a gap could mean that different generations view the art in a very different way.

Meta moment

These concepts discussed could connect with writing in that how you present your writing could be analyzed in more then one way for sure. It also brings up the point that you have to be careful on how you present your writing so that not to offended to many people because you have no idea how there going to interpret your work.