Bento's Sketchbook - Paperback
by John Berger
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:VersoISBN-13:9781804298237ISBN-10:1804298239UPC:9781804298237Book Category:Art, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Individual Artists, Ethics & Moral PhilosophyBook Topic:Artists' Books, EssaysSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.75Product ID:SCEBB21S15
A deeply moving exploration of the relationship between thinking and drawing, from the author of the groundbreaking Ways of Seeing The seventeenth-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza (a.k.a. Bento) spent the most intense years of his short life writing. He also carried with him a sketchbook. After his sudden death, his friends rescued letters, manuscripts, notes--but no drawings. For years, without knowing what its pages might hold, John Berger has imagined finding Bento's sketchbook, wanting to see the drawings alongside his surviving words. When one day a friend gave him a beautiful virgin sketchbook, Berger said, 'This is Bento's!' and he began to draw, taking inspiration from the philosopher's vision. In this beautifully illustrated book, Berger uses the imaginative space opened up in this experiment to explore politics, storytelling, Spinoza's life and times, and the process of drawing itself.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:VersoISBN-13:9781804298237ISBN-10:1804298239UPC:9781804298237Book Category:Art, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Individual Artists, Ethics & Moral PhilosophyBook Topic:Artists' Books, EssaysSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.75Product ID:SCEBB21S15
Storyteller, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, dramatist and critic, John Berger (1926-2017) was one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. His many books include Ways of Seeing; the fiction trilogy Into Their Labours; Here Is Where We Meet; the Booker Prize-winning novel G; Hold Everything Dear; the Man Booker-longlisted From A to X; and A Seventh Man.
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