Portraits: John Berger on Artists by John Berger (English) Paperback Book

Description: Portraits by John Berger New edition: A Personal History of Art from the author of Ways of Seeing FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description John Berger, one of the worlds most celebrated storytellers and writers on art, tells a personal history of art from the prehistoric paintings of the Chauvet caves to 21st century conceptual artists. Berger presents entirely new ways of thinking about artists both canonized and obscure, from Rembrandt to Henry Moore, Jackson Pollock to Picasso. Throughout, Berger maintains the essential connection between politics, art and the wider study of culture. The result is an illuminating walk through many centuries of visual culture, from one of the contemporary worlds most incisive critical voices. Author Biography John Berger is one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. His many books include Ways of Seeing; the fiction trilogy Into Their Labours; Here Is Where We Meet; the Booker Prize–winning novel G; Hold Everything Dear; the Man Booker–longlisted From A to X; and A Seventh Man.Tom Overton catalogued John Bergers archive at the British Library and edited Landscapes. He is working on Bergers biography and a book on migration and archives. Review John Bergers "Portraits" is among the greatest books on art Ive ever read. -- Zadie Smith * New York Times *A volume whose breadth and depth bring it close to a definitive self-portrait of one of Britains most original thinkers -- Financial TimesPerhaps the greatest living writer on art . reminds us just how insufficient most art commentary is these days . an indispensible guide to understanding art from cave painting to todays experimenters. -- Spectator [Books of the Year]In this extraordinary new book, John Berger embarks on a process of re-discovery and re-figuring of history through the visual narratives given to us by portraiture. Bergers ability for storytelling is both incisive and intriguing. He is one of the greatest writers of our time. -- Hans Ulrich Obrist, author of Ways of CuratingBergers art criticism transcends its genre to become a very rare thing-literature * The Nation *Berger is a writer one demands to know more about ... an intriguing and powerful mind and talent. * New York Times *Much of his best critical prose appears in [this] chunky volume * Economist * Promotional New edition: A Personal History of Art from the author of Ways of Seeing Review Quote "Editors Choice" -- New York Times "John Berger teaches us how to think, how to feel, how to stare at things till we see what we thought wasnt there. But above all he teaches us how to love in the face of adversity. He is a master." --Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things "A volume whose breadth and depth bring it close to a definitive self-portrait of one of Britains most original thinkers." -- Financial Times "Shows the 88-year-old British art critic at his bristling best." -- Wall Street Journal "Unruly attentiveness animates ... a lifetimes engagement with artists like Rembrandt, Goya, Henry Moore and Francis Bacon ... Ingenious, jargon-free and direct ... Berger is a formidable stylist." --Alexi Worth, New York Times "Perhaps the greatest living writer on art ... reminds us just how insufficient most art commentary is these days ... an indispensible guide to understanding art from cave painting to todays experimenters." -- Spectator (Art Books of the Year 2015) "A near exhaustive selection of the ever astute writers responses to various artists and works, chronologically organised from early cave paintings through to the Palestinian artist Randa Mdah." -- Independent (Books of the Year 2015) "In the writings of John Berger we find a passion for art itself, for the created thing, that is everywhere tempered by an awareness of the social and political world, which too many theorists, whatever their special pleadings, simply ignore." --Mark Kingwell, Harpers "Bergers art criticism transcends its genre to become a very rare thing--literature." -- New Republic "A rich and loving exploration of art history, at once intellectually acute and deeply personal ... vital and uncommonly engaging proof of concept for ideas that Berger has long espoused." -- Slate "Berger has always been a writer who understands that art does not begin and end with the canvas--instead, art (and great art writing) should stay with us as a communion between the overlapping titles we assign as portraits: wife, person, genius, artist. These titles, when carefully assigned, could be limiting, but in Bergers expert hands, they are just the beginning." --Haley Mlotek, National Post "John Berger is always illuminating and his latest book doesnt disappoint." -- Scotsman "In this extraordinary new book, John Berger embarks on a process of re-discovery and re-figuring of history through the visual narratives given to us by portraiture. Bergers ability for storytelling is both incisive and intriguing. He is one of the greatest writers of our time." --Hans Ulrich Obrist, author of Ways of Curating "[Berger] long ago attained a position unrivalled among English writers or intellectuals of his generation; he seems to stand for a vanished era of critical and political seriousness ... All that seems worth preservng and worth celebrating in a long and varied but essential volume like Portraits ." --Brian Dillon, Literary Review "The pages are rife with muscular prose, sinewy intellectualism, and especially the sensual analogy for which he is most known. Portraits is so lively a book it can feel uncanny." -- n+1 "Regardless of the era he studies or the decade in which he writes, his lyrical prose always ultimately serves a fervent political concern ... Bergers writing is fearless, winnowing down canonized artists to their essential political bones." -- Brooklyn Rail "This insistence upon unearthing for the present viewer the hidden labor of the artist, when coupled with his own technical knowledge of painterly art, delivers Bergers essays from the tedium of much art criticism." --Robert Minto, Open Letters Monthly "A vast and nourishing compendium ... Life has more light and colour after an encounter with Berger." -- The Art Newspaper Details ISBN1839764155 Author John Berger Short Title Portraits Pages 544 Publisher Verso Books Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1839764155 ISBN-13 9781839764158 Format Paperback Subtitle John Berger on Artists Edited by Overton, Tom Imprint Verso Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2021-11-23 NZ Release Date 2021-11-23 UK Release Date 2021-11-23 Replaces 9781784781798 DEWEY 709.22 Audience General AU Release Date 2022-01-04 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:133387904;

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