num_pages: 512
description: One of the worlds most celebrated art writers John Berger takes us through centuries of art in this distinctive history that will enlighten and inspire. In Portraits Berger connects art and history in revolutionary ways from the prehistoric paintings of the Chauvet caves to Randa Mdahs work about contemporary Palestine. In his penetrating and singular prose Berger presents entirely new ways of thinking about art history and artists both canonized and obscure from Rembrandt to Henry Moore Jackson Pollock to Picasso. Throughout Berger maintains the essential connection between politics art and the wider study of culture. A beautifully illustrated walk through many centuries of visual culture from one of the contemporary world's most incisive critical voices.
language: English
title: Portraits: John Berger on Artists
publisher: Verso