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“Seeing comes before words”*…

A collage showing excerpts of paintings arranged in seven horizontal sections, each labeled with a number, symbolizing essays from the book 'Ways of Seeing'.

Five years ago, (R)D featured John Berger’s award-winning– and more to the point, hugely-influential– television series Ways of Seeing (in some ways a response to Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation series). The broadcast was followed by an adaptation of Berger’s scripts that became a book of the same name.

Now that hugely influential work is available in a gorgeous web version…

Based on the 1972 BBC series and comprised of 7 essays, 3 of which are entirely pictoral, Ways of Seeing is a seminal work which examines how we view art…

A beautiful new way to enjoy (and learn from) a classic: “Ways of Seeing

* John Berger (the first line of Ways of Seeing)

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As we ponder perspective, we might pause to celebrate the induction, on this date in 2005, into the the National Toy Hall of Fame of a plaything that invites constant creativity– the cardboard box.

Empty cardboard box viewed from above, with flaps partially open.

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November 11, 2025 at 1:00 am