El sentido de la vista

Before becoming one of the most influential intellectuals of our time, John Berger wanted to be a painter; perhaps that's why, when he wrote, he painted with words rather than simply writing. That's why, when he writes about Cubism in these pages, he doesn't just write about Braque, Léger, Picasso, and Gris, but also about that miraculous moment at the beginning of the last century when the world converged around a prodigious sense of hope. When he analyzes Modigliani's work, he sees the infinite love revealed in the elongated lines of the painted figure. Drawing on his own experiences, from the Renaissance to the conflagration of Hiroshima; from the Bosphorus to Manhattan; from the woodcarvers of a small French town to Goya, Dürer, and Van Gogh; and from his personal experiences of love and loss to the political upheavals that defined the 20th century, this book urges us to look with the same tolerance, courage, and moral commitment with which its author sees. "The Sense of Sight" is not simply an anthology: it is a comprehensive map of the thought of a true master of our time. With the eye of a painter and the voice of a poet, Berger teaches us to decipher and transform the world. A lesson in lucidity, humanity, and theoretical commitment.