History – paintings were originally painted for a specific place – were an integral part of the building for which they were commissioned.Įxtreme example of this is the icon – a place of meaning – symbol of their god. We now see images in the context of our own lives (rather than having to go to the gallery to view them). We can now see images of paintings via photography – can be seen ‘in a million places at the same time’ – e.g.
JOHN BERGER WAYS OF SEEING WOMEN MOVIE
(Manifesto 1923 by Dzigo Vertov (Russian film director) – spoken over his 1928 film A man with a movie camera, film) Historical footage – of a film camera (Black and white) – multiple film images with text. Perspective centres everything on the eye of the beholder – makes the eye the centre of the visible worldĬameras changed this – we could see things from the perspective of someone else – Says we now see paintings differently from how other before saw them. Image – cutting part of an ‘old master’ painting from the canvas – a female portrait. Berger believes women’s self-worth is measured by how others see her – ‘through the manner in which she is portrayed, in her own eyes, and in men’s eyes.’īerger analyses nude depictions of women in the European artistic tradition. Men are potent creatures who are seen as doing, women, passive with the purpose of caring for men. States that John Berger differentiates ways of seeing women and men. ( Berger 1975a) Preliminary notes (EEA202 Cloud site ) This entry was posted in Discussion questions #3 on Jby Dilora Kabilova.Ways of Seeing, Episode 1 (BBC (You Tube) 1975), Berger, John (dir.). However, women are still portrayed in order to flatter the man to the viewer. In modern art, nakedness has become less important. He claims that women look with charm as if they are looking at a man who possesses her. Berger also notes the look of naked women on the canvases of European art. However, the author himself considers this hypocrisy by the artist: the artist first gives the woman a mirror and then accuses her of vanity. Berger also says that the mirror in the hands of women was most often symbolized as female vanity. According to Berger, a mirror in oil painting is a kind of approval of a woman to see her naked. At the same time, women understand the power of their charm and beauty.Īnother equally important subject that is present in the works of European art is a mirror. European works of art are simply a reminder to women that they are no longer just a thing in the eyes of men. Currently, the roles of women and men are rapidly changing, equalizing the positions of both sexes in society. However, the woman was an object that the man was looking at, in other words, the woman was a sight to behold. A man took the place of the beholder, being an artist or owner of a nude painting. Men and women in the works of European art had different positions. However, later working as a photographer I often received orders for a nude-style photo session.įrom the time of Adam and Eve, a woman was punished and subjugated to a man, and a man became a representative of God. At the university, we often painted the naked bodies of antique statues.
In both cases, I had to work with nudity. After graduation, I professionally worked as a photographer. I was a student at the University of Architecture in my hometown. I had my own experience working with nude, but not as a model, but as a painter. At the same time, nude is to expose oneself to the viewer, i.e. To be naked means to be yourself, without any mask. According to Berger, nakedness and nude are completely different concepts. Over time, these conventions have changed and nakedness of Adam and Eve transformed into a kind of game with the audience. Women were a constant recurring plot in European oil painting.
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