This episode discusses the female nude. Berger asserts that only twenty or thirty nudes in the European oil painting tradition depict a woman as herself rather than as a subject of male idealisation or desire.
John Berger presents his insights on how people see. Through examples of Art History, Berger shows how our very sense of sight has been transformed. By discovering why this is so, Berger states "we shall discover something about ourselves."
John Berger presents his insights on how people see. Through examples of Art History, Berger shows how our very sense of sight has been transformed. By discovering why this is so, Berger states "we shall discover something about ourselves."
Episode Description
This episode discusses the female nude. Berger asserts that only twenty or thirty nudes in the European oil painting tradition depict a woman as herself rather than as a subject of male idealisation or desire.