Permanent Red: Essays in Seeing
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- Synopsis
- Why should an artist&’s way of looking at the world have any meaning for us? Any artwork reflects the artist&’s intentions, but also its times: therefore all art is politicalIn Permanent Red, John Berger argues that the contemporary artist should strive for a realism that aims for hope, to transform the world. Surveying the work of historical artists as well as that of near contemporaries such as Picasso, Léger and Matisse, he explores the role of the artist, dividing these figures into those that struggle, those that fail, and the true masters. He explains why we should study the work of the past: in order to understand the present and to rethink the future.First published in 1960, Permanent Red established John Berger as a firebrand critic willing to broadcast controversial opinions on some of the most important British artists of the day, including Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.
- Copyright:
- 1960
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 224 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781804298466
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781804298473
- Publisher:
- Verso Books
- Date of Addition:
- 03/25/25
- Copyrighted By:
- John Berger
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Politics and Government, Sociology
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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