The true beauty of the images is destroyed and people get a different view of the image when it is taken through the lens of a camera. He states that when a camera reproduces a painting “it destroys the idea that images are timeless” (Berger 18). It offered multiple angles and perspectives depending on the camera and the lens. However, with the invention of the camera, it changed the way in which images were viewed.
Originally, perspective, as he explains it “makes the single eye the centre of the visible world” (Berger 19). This means that the way people view art is subjective to the person. There are many factors and assumptions which influence the ways in which people view art such as “Beauty, Truth, Genius, Civilization, Form, Status, Taste, etc.” (Berger 11). When viewing art, he states “the way people look at it is based on the assumptions people have learned over the years about art. He starts by stating that “the way we see things is affected by what we know or what we believe” and that “we never look at just one thing we are always looking in relation between things and ourselves” (Berger 8, 9). This article written by John Berger focuses on the ways in which we view art as well as how women are perceived.
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