{"product_id":"landscapes-john-berger-on-art","title":"Landscapes - John Berger on Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Tom Overton\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Tom Overton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA brilliant collection of essays, spanning a lifetime’s engagement with art\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLandscapes showcases the development and practice of John Berger’s unique way of seeing. Here he surveys the aesthetic landscapes that have informed, challenged and nourished his understanding of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBerger pays homage to the writers and thinkers who influenced him, such as Walter Benjamin, Rosa Luxemburg and Bertolt Brecht. His expansive perspective embraces artistic movements and individual artists – from the Renaissance to the present – while never neglecting the social and political context of their creation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePraise:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"One of the most influential intellectuals of our time.\" - Observer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"John Berger teaches us how to think, how to feel how to stare at things until we see what we thought wasn’t there. But above all, he teaches us how to love in the face of adversity. He is a master.\" - Arundhati Roy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Berger is a writer one demands to know more about … an intriguing and powerful mind and talent.\" - New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Essential ... reminds us that all good writing comes only from good (that is, patient, attentive, loving) looking.\" - Andrew Marr,  New Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Essential reading not just for our political moment but outside it. He was a monument, a world of his own; at the same time, his thinking and his art—which are the same thing—address themselves at once to the past, the present, and the future\" - N+1\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Distribution, Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52842769351003,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/8951\/5850\/files\/zabriskie_johnberger_onlandscapes.jpg?v=1777925967","url":"https:\/\/zabriskie.de\/products\/landscapes-john-berger-on-art","provider":"Zabriskie Buchladen für Kultur und Natur","version":"1.0","type":"link"}