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The Best Episodes of Ways of Seeing Season 1

Every episode of Ways of Seeing Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Ways of Seeing Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Ways of Seeing Season 1

John Berger's Ways of Seeing changed the way people think about painting and art criticism. This watershed work shows, through word and image, how what...

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  1. Background image for Psychological Aspects
    8.2/10(42 votes)

    #1 - Psychological Aspects

    S1:E1

    The first part of the television series drew on ideas from Walter Benjamin's The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction arguing that through reproduction an Old Master's painting's modern context is severed from that which existed at the time of its making.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Women in Art
    8.3/10(38 votes)

    #2 - Women in Art

    S1:E2

    The second film discusses the female nude. Berger asserts that only twenty or thirty nudes in the European oil painting tradition depict a woman as herself rather than as a subject of male idealisation or desire.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Collectors and Collecting
    8.1/10(31 votes)

    #3 - Collectors and Collecting

    S1:E3

    The third programme is on the use of oil paint as a means of depicting or reflecting the status of the individuals who commissioned the work of art.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.3/10(31 votes)

    #4 - Commercial Art

    S1:E4

    In the fourth programme, on publicity and advertising, Berger argues that colour photography has taken over the role of oil paint, though the context is reversed. An idealised potential for the viewer (via consumption) is considered a substitution for the actual reality depicted in old master portraits.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Psychological Aspects" is the best rated episode of "Ways of Seeing" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 42 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/8/1972. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Women in Art".