Within the renaissance art, nudity is used to express the ‘moment of shame’, but instead of a depiction of fame to each other, (Adam and Eve) the shame is held in the spectators eye. After Eve eats the apple, she is punished and made subservient to Adam, therefore the way that she is seen is different – ‘ nakedness is in the eye of the beholder’. The same story is told throughout later work, presented in Medieval art as a ‘comic strip’ with the story being expressed through multiple moments, but we find parts of the bodies covered. Nudity within early art is just depicted as it works within the story – Adam and Eve in the story of Genesis.
#JOHN BERGER WAYS OF SEEING EPISODE 3 SERIES#
In this program, John Berger questions the value we place on that tradition.Ī BAFTA award-winning series with John Berger, which rapidly became regarded as one of the most influential art programs ever made. With the invention of oil paint around 1400, painters were able to portray people and objects with an unprecedented degree of realism, and painting became the ideal way to celebrate private possessions. The series is partially a response to Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation series, which represents a more traditionalist view of the Western artistic and cultural canon.Ī BAFTA award-winning series with John Berger, which rapidly became regarded as one of the most influential art programs ever made. The series and book criticize traditional Western cultural aesthetics by raising questions about hidden ideologies in visual images. Berger’s scripts were adapted into a book of the same name. Ways of Seeing is a 1972 BBC four-part television series of 30-minute films created chiefly by writer John Berger and producer Mike Dibb. Berger examines these paintings and asks whether they celebrate women as they really are or only as men would like them to be. This second program deals with the portrayal of the female nude, an important part of the tradition of European art. Ways of Seeing is a 1972 BBC four-part television series of 30 minute films created chiefly by writer John Berger and producer Mike Dibb. In the first program, Berger examines the impact of photography on our appreciation of art from the past. A BAFTA award-winning BBC series with John Berger, which rapidly became regarded as one of the most influential art programs ever made.