The Americans
Robert Frank
First published in 1958 with an introduction by Jack Kerouac, Robert Frank's seminal 83-photo collection revealed the raw, lonely, racially divided, and poetic reality of mid-century American society.
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Ways of Seeing
by John Berger (1972)
About this book
Based on the BBC television series, John Berger’s Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and influential books on art in any language. Berger looks at how we look at paintings, challenging traditional Western conventions of perspective, ownership, and the female form in art.
Setting / LocationLondon & European Galleries
Story Era1970s Visual Theory
Protagonist / CoreThe Modern Viewer
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