Ways of Seeing (Penguin Modern Classics)
John Berger / Ways of Seeing , Episode 1 (1972)
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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction - Walter Benjamin
This document explores the effects of mechanical reproduction on art, discussing the change in perception, the relationship between mass and art, and the influence of technology and politics.
web.mit.eduA point is an idea intentionally expressed. A point of view is the perspective—conscious and unconscious—through which the work emerges. What causes us to notice a piece of art is rarely the point being made. We are drawn to the way an artist’s filter refracts ideas, not to the ideas themselves.