A Work of Art Berger makes connections between different periods in art, talking about how the art of the past shapes modern day art, and makes connections between past art and how it can situate us in history. The writings of Berger were challenging, demanding, and troubling. ... One segment I would like to focus on is Berger's statement: "When we "see" a landscape, we situate ourselves in it. If we "saw" the art of the past, we would situate ourselves in history. ... But, at least, a wide variety of people have seen this work of art and have gotten to share it with o...

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The Art of Advertising The enclosed advertisement promoting Skyy Vodka captivates an audience through its utilization of emotional appeals. ... The advertisement causes the reader to imagine himself "transformed by the product into an object of envy for others"(Berger). "It offers him an image of himself made glamorous"(Berger). According to Berger money is the source of all anxiety; thus after the transformation all anxiety will be relieved. ...

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With some delay also art historians started to shift their attention from the retualized celebration of the artist towards the role of spectators and buyers in defining the status and value of art. ... It is about the ways in which art serves to legitimize, sustain and conceal social inequality. ... To set the stage for his study, that tellingly is confined to representational art, Berger first dismisses the traditional approach of art history as mystification. ... Following the ideas of Levi-Strauss, Berger explains the development of this particular art technique and art form and its phenome...

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These were images of hell. "(237) From his experience as an art critic and seeing many different photos, especially the ones depicted of hell from mediaeval times, that they were all very close in proximity. Berger is implying that what we did was completely and utterly immoral. ... Berger also states that what we did was a complete, and utter terroristic act. ... Berger quotes many of the accounts he found powerful in the text Unforgettable Fire. ... Works Cited Berger, John. ...

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John Berger explores this concept in depth in the book Ways of Seeing. ... It also explains the orientation of art before cameras were invented. ... The seventh and final chapter shows how publicity is used in art. ... Perspectives change in history, and art is not seen the way it was hundreds of years ago when people were unable to reproduce this art. ... This background history of art is quite unique and brings a new light on studying all forms of art for the inexperienced art history student. ...

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The paper seems to be more of a documentation of quotes on art reproduction than an essay on art reproduction. ... Benjamin is unclear in his decision of whether photography is an art form or not. He just sees the ease of reproducibility as being a downside to the art form. ... Art is very controversial when it comes down to what is and isn"t art. ... I am tired of reading essays about art criticism (Berger, Benjamin) that focus on what art isn"t rather than what it is. ...

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Berger. ... Berger that he liked the hospital because "nobody hid anything". ... Berger encourages Conrad to let go of the expectations others place on him and do what he wants to do. ... Berger's advice, and to forget about what other people expect from him. ... If he does not learn the art of forgiveness, he will always have that baggage hanging over him, he will always have that chip on his shoulder. ...

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One example would be that children share some biological traits of their parents including some physical as well as the potential to excel in areas such as music or art, but whether one develops this potential depends on their social position (Sociology and everyday life, 1997, p.79). ... Peter Berger puts it as this "We are like puppets, but we have the possibility of stopping in our movements, looking up and perceiving the machinery by which we have been moved." ...

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An ode the woman herself, Queen Victoria, and the subsequent characteristics of the Victorian period In an unpredictable, tumultuous era, the stern, staid figure of Queen Victoria came to represent stability and continuity. The adjective "Victorian" was first used in 1851 to celebrate the nation's mounting pride in its institutions and commercial success. That year, the global predominance of British industry had emerged incontestably at the original "world's fair" in London, the "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations," which Prince Albert helped organize. Arra...

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