Ways of Seeing (television series)

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Ways of Seeing is a landmark 1972 BBC television series that critically examines traditional Western art and visual culture, presented and narrated by art critic John Berger.

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instanceOf art television series
television documentary series
associatedWork Ways of Seeing (book) NERFINISHED
basedOn Ways of Seeing (book) NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalApproach Marxist cultural criticism
feminist-informed analysis of images
distributionFormat television broadcast
era 1970s British television
firstAired 1972
format 30-minute episodes
genre documentary
hasEpisodeCount 4
hasInfluenceOn contemporary art documentaries
hasNarrator John Berger NERFINISHED
hasPresenter John Berger NERFINISHED
hasTitle Ways of Seeing NERFINISHED
influenced art history pedagogy
media studies
visual culture studies
language English
medium television
narrator John Berger NERFINISHED
notableFor accessible presentation of art theory
critical examination of traditional Western art
integration of television techniques into art criticism
numberOfEpisodes 4
numberOfSeries 1
originallyBroadcastBy BBC NERFINISHED
originalNetwork BBC Two
partOf BBC arts programming NERFINISHED
presenter John Berger NERFINISHED
producer BBC
productionCompany BBC
releaseYear 1972
subjectMatter Western art
art criticism
oil painting tradition
publicity and advertising images
representation of women in art
visual culture
targetAudience general audience
students of art and humanities
theme critique of traditional Western art history
ideology in visual representation
male gaze in art
ways of looking at images

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John Berger created Ways of Seeing (television series)
John Berger basedOn Ways of Seeing (television series)