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John Berger

    5 novembre 1926 – 2 gennaio 2017

    John Berger è stato un autore inglese la cui opera spaziava dalla critica d'arte alla narrativa e alla pittura. La sua scrittura esplora frequentemente la tensione tra modernità e memoria, perdita e presenza. Berger rifletteva spesso sulla vita dei contadini e sulla loro trasformazione nel trasferirsi in contesti urbani. I suoi testi sono noti per la loro profonda intuizione sulla condizione umana e una prospettiva critica sulla società.

    John Berger
    Another Way of Telling
    Pages of the Wound
    A Seventh Man
    I send you this cadmium red ...
    Daumier
    Questione di sguardi. Sette inviti al vedere fra storia dell'arte e quotidianità
    • Daumier

      • 221pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      Honore Daumier (1808-1879) is perhaps best known for his political and social caricatures, precise and witty observations of life in nineteenth-century France. This study offers an assessment of his entire oeuvre, bringing together his paintings, sculptures, watercolours, drawings and lithographs, all of which were greatly admired in his lifetime.

      Daumier
      4,8
    • I send you this cadmium red ...

      • 244pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      1997 erhält John Berger von John Christie ein rot bemaltes Papier. Berger antwortet, er gibt der Farbe rot eine eigene 'Lebensgeschichte': das unberührte Rot der Kindheit, das Schwarz, in das es sich verwandelt im Älterwerden, das Weiß, das es war, als es jung war, bis er zu seinem Lieblingsrot, dem Caravaggio-Rot kommt. Später schreiben sich Berger und Christie über das Matisse-Blau, das Yves Klein-Blau, sie kommen von Klein zu Le Corbusier, von Perlmutt zu Courbet, von Gelb zu Gold, von Kandinsky zu Paul Klee. Die Publikation dieser faszinierenden Korrespondenz ist eine Schatzkammer für alle diejenigen, die sich für Farben, Gestaltung, Malerei, Kunstgeschichte und Design interessieren. Die phantasievoll und sehr künstlerisch gestalteten Briefe werden alle im Faksimile und in Übersetzung wiedergegeben.

      I send you this cadmium red ...
      4,6
    • A Seventh Man

      • 240pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      Why does the Western world look to migrant laborers to perform the most menial tasks? What compels people to leave their homes and accept this humiliating situation? In A Seventh Man, John Berger and Jean Mohr come to grips with what it is to be a migrant worker—the material circumstances and the inner experience—and, in doing so, reveal how the migrant is not so much on the margins of modern life, but absolutely central to it. First published in 1975, this finely wrought exploration remains as urgent as ever, presenting a mode of living that pervades the countries of the West and yet is excluded from much of its culture.

      A Seventh Man
      4,4
    • Pages of the Wound

      Poems, Drawings, Photographs, 1956-96

      • 66pagine
      • 3 ore di lettura

      Published to celebrate John Berger's 70th birthday, this is a collection of his poems, drawings and photographs. It includes 46 poems written between 1956 and 1994. "At Remaurian", a sequence of poems from the early 1960s is accompanied by nine photographs taken by Berger. There are two gate-fold triptychs of drawings, as well as a self-portrait made in 1945 when Berger was an art student.

      Pages of the Wound
      4,5
    • Another Way of Telling

      • 300pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      One of the most eloquent accounts of photography written in collaboration with the Swiss photographer Jean Mohr and illustrated by both Jean Mohr's work and notable examples of photography throughout the Twentieth Century. This publication ties in with the BBC's televising of a four part series.

      Another Way of Telling
      5,0
    • Booker Prize-winning author John Berger reveals the ties between love and absence, the ways poetry endows language with the assurance of prayer, and the tensions between the forward movement of sexuality and the steady backward tug of time. He recreates the mysterious forces at work in a Rembrandt painting, transcribes the sensorial experience of viewing lilacs at dusk, and explores the meaning of home to early man and to the hundreds of thousands of displaced people in our cities today. And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos is a seamless fusion of the political and personal.

      And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos
      4,5
    • Groundbreaking solutions to the climate crisis from scientists, engineers, civic leaders, entrepreneurs and activists, offering hope to all readers concerned about our planet's future.Offers practical actions that reflect technological and economic advances with an introduction by former United States senator Russ Feingold.Solving the Climate Crisis is a hopeful and critical resource that makes a convincing and detailed case that there is a path forward to save our environment. Illustrating the power of committed individuals and the necessity for collaborative government and private-sector climate action, the book focuses on three essential Based on more than 6 years of research, Berger traveled the nation and abroad to interview governors, mayors, ranchers, scientists, engineers, business leaders, energy experts, and financiers as well as carbon farmers, solar and wind innovators, forest protectors, non-profit leaders, and activists.With real world examples, an explanation of cutting-edge technologies in solar and wind, and political organizing tactics, Solving the Climate Crisis provides a practical road map for how we effectively combat climate change. Replacing the fossil-fuel system with a newly invigorated, modernized, clean-energy economy will produce tens of millions of new jobs and save trillions of dollars. Protecting the climate is thus potentially the greatest economic opportunity of our time.

      Solving The Climate Crisis
      4,3
    • A succinct, urgent and never-before seen collection of Berger's writing on mineworkers and miners' strikes celebrating both his acclaimed writing and deep-rooted politics

      The Underground Sea
      5,0
    • Over to You

      Letters Between a Father and Son

      • 104pagine
      • 4 ore di lettura

      The collection features intimate letters exchanged between renowned art critic John Berger and his artist son, Yves, exploring profound themes of art, memory, life, and mortality. Spanning 2015-16, the correspondence is accompanied by 53 color images of classic and contemporary artworks, alongside the Bergers' own creations. Their dialogue, reminiscent of playful interactions in their barn, delves into shared emotions and philosophical inquiries, revealing the unique perspectives of a father and son navigating the complexities of existence through art.

      Over to You
      4,1