{"product_id":"landscapes-john-berger-on-art-paperback","title":"Landscapes: John Berger on Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Berger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTom Overton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Essential reading\"--\u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCreative and political art criticism on landscape works from the Renaissance to the present from a \"master\" storyteller (Arundhati Roy, author of \u003ci\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this brilliant collection of diverse pieces--essays, short stories, poems, translations--which spans a lifetime's engagement with art, John Berger reveals how he came to his own unique way of seeing. He pays homage to the writers and thinkers who influenced him, such as Walter Benjamin, Rosa Luxemburg and Bertolt Brecht. His expansive perspective takes in artistic movements and individual artists--from the Renaissance to the present--while never neglecting the social and political context of their creation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBerger pushes at the limits of art writing, demonstrating beautifully how his artist's eye makes him a storyteller in these essays, rather than a critic. With \"landscape\" as an animating, liberating metaphor rather than a rigid definition, this collection surveys the aesthetic landscapes that have informed, challenged and nourished John Berger's understanding of the world. \u003ci\u003eLandscapes\u003c\/i\u003e--alongside its companion \u003ci\u003ePortraits\u003c\/i\u003e--completes a tour through the history of art that will be an intellectual benchmark for many years to come.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStoryteller, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, dramatist and critic, \u003cb\u003eJohn Berger\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. His many books include \u003ci\u003eWays of Seeing\u003c\/i\u003e, the fiction trilogy\u003ci\u003e Into Their Labours, Here Is Where We Meet, \u003c\/i\u003e the Booker Prize winning novel \u003ci\u003eG, Hold Everything Dear, \u003c\/i\u003ethe Man Booker-long-listed\u003ci\u003e From A to X\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Seventh Man.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e Tom Overton\u003c\/b\u003e catalogued John Berger's archive at the British Library. He has curated exhibitions at King's Cultural Institute, Somerset House and the Whitechapel Gallery, and his writing has been published by the \u003ci\u003eLRB\u003c\/i\u003e blog, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman, Apollo, White Review, Various Small Fires, \u003c\/i\u003eTate\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e the British Council and others.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770153566496,"sku":"9781784785857","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6b256a51788bb9b1cc222c4f74c5a330.webp?v=1780365894","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/landscapes-john-berger-on-art-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}