The connection Berger shows among the past and the present, is one that grasp both positive and negative prospects. In my own experience, if I had to define history based on its use in this assignment, I would more then likely come up with something such as history is a combination of societies feelings and apprehensions of life, leading up to present day. Contemporary devices impact interpretation, paintings can also changes one’s mind to places throughout history. Berger states, “the invention of the camera changed the way man saw”, because of the camera, the painting now journeys to the observer, versus observer to the painting, during its travels, its meaning becomes diversified. Over time, it becomes more difficult to somewhat grasp a painter’s original feelings, thoughts and intents when painting a specific piece, also, the ways in which we view pictures has changed, through things such as the development of the camera.
It is relevant in pictures, because many perspectives on viewing the pictures is continually changing. In this sense, history stands for art’s authenticity over time. It be cool if museums in the future take this modern desire in consideration – though I have no idea what they could do to make those great paintings come to life in the modern context.
This is relevant to the detail which Berger infuses in his writing about how different classes of people interpret museums.
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In Berger’s more classically Marxist formulation he states, “A people or a class which is cut off from its own past is far less free to choose and to act as a people or class than one that has been able to situate itself in history”. In “Ways of Seeing,” art critic John Berger discusses a key argument, which is, that if you know your history, then you know where you are coming from.
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