Portraits: John Berger on Artists Berger John
Portraits: John Berger on Artists Berger John A major new book from one of the world's leading writers and art criticsJohn Berger, one of the world's most celebrated art writers, takes us through…
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Portraits: John Berger on Artists Berger John
A major new book from one of the world's leading writers and art criticsJohn Berger, one of the world's most celebrated art writers, takes us through centuries of drawing and painting, revealing his lifelong fascination with a diverse cast of artists. Throughout, Berger maintains the essential connection between politics, art and the wider study of culture. In Portraits, Berger grounds the artists in their historical milieu in revolutionary ways, whether enlarging on the prehistoric paintings of the Chauvet caves or Cy Twombly's linguistic and pictorial play.In penetrating and singular prose, Berger presents entirely new ways of thinking about artists both canonized and obscure, from Rembrandt to Henry Moore, Jackson Pollock to Picasso.
The result is an illuminating walk through many centuries of visual culture, from one of the contemporary world's most incisive