Painting

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About Looking
Berger, John
Book
1980
A collection of essays covering a wide range of topics from photographs and media, to zoos and forests, grouped around the theme of how people look at things.
The History of Painting in Canada: Toward a People's Art
Lord, Barry
Book
1974
A histor of Canadian painting from the art of the native peoples up to the 1970s. It explores how art in Canada was shaped by British and American imperialist influences, and how it has also been part...
Ways of Seeing
Berger, John
Book
1972
Seeing establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but words can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it.

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Reading Pictures
A History of Love and Hate
Manguel, Alberto
2000
A meditation on the questions we ask ourselves when standing in front of a piece of art.