ways of seeing

finished the berger ways of seeing book this morning. in reflection, i see it as a good introduction for someone who has had limited exposure to art or the social sciences/history.

what i did get out of it:

1) a few potential art ventures that popped into my head as my mind wandered. actually it was more of a word read that triggered a tangent image. i sketched them out + notes since i have learned that i will be clueless to my scarce chicken scratches a few weeks from now.

2) the exploration as oil painting as it's own genre & that what painters like rembrandt were reacting to is lost on us/painters that reference him. so that those who follow paint this way because of it's appeal/marketability/esteem & may not really the mindset behind it-sorta like copying words of a foreign language yet not knowing the language. i think it is true to some degree, however i also feel that our rt brain/visual knowledge picks up on this kind of stuff > if only on a subconscious level.

3)i liked the landscape as non object observation since that references my work/choices as i do a lot of abstract & landscape + backpack a whole lot (in place without evidence of man).

next: read the other berger book & put them behind me. will read danto as well. danto is not on my reading list - yet think i need to know his work/thoughts. his writing is not for the weak and would be taxing to pursue in the same manner as other books. for me i will read one chapter a week. i need incubation time with his books.