{"title":"John Berger","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Berger è stato scrittore, pittore, poeta e critico d’arte britannico; artista poliedrico, è considerato uno degli autori più influenti della sua generazione. Dopo aver compiuto studi di belle arti, ha cominciato la sua carriera come pittore esponendo in diverse gallerie londinesi. Mentre insegnava disegno (1948-55) ha iniziato a lavorare come critico d’arte, raccogliendo i suoi saggi critici nell'operaPermanent reddel 1960. Acquista grande popolarità nel 1972 quando conduce per la BBC una serie di documentari tratti dal suo saggioWays of seeingsu come interpretare le immagini delle opere d'arte. Nello stesso anno vince il Booker Prize per la letteratura conG., un romanzo non-romanzo in cui l’arte si intreccia con la storia e la politica. Berger decide di donare metà del valore del premio alle Pantere Nere in Gran Bretagna e di utilizzare l'altra parte per finanziare i suoi studi sui lavoratori migranti, in seguito raccolti nel libroA Seventh Man. Negli anni Settanta si trasferisce a Quincy, dove scrive la trilogiaInto Their Laboure collabora con il regista svizzero Alain Tanner a tre film sulla condizione umana contemporanea. I suoi saggi recenti riguardano fotografia, arte, politica e memoria, pubblicati su riviste come El País, The Guardian, The Independent, Internazionale. I suoi saggi dedicati all'arte e al disegno sono raccolti nel libroSul disegnare(Il Saggiatore, 2017).\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"distendersi-a-dormire","title":"Distendersi a dormire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs oblivion nothingness? No. Nothingness is formless and oblivion is circular.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe clouds in the Oculus of the Bridal Chamber, painted by \u003cstrong\u003eAndrea Mantegna\u003c\/strong\u003e at St George’s Castle in Mantua, are the starting point for \u003cstrong\u003ean intimate dialogue between father and daughter John and Katya Berger\u003c\/strong\u003e, held as they observe the frescoes in the famous room.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe conversation leads to a personal exploration of Mantegna’s masterpiece, the infinite complexity of the reality it represents and the human and artistic events that lie below the surface. \u003cstrong\u003eBehind the painted curtains which reveal and conceal a painted landscape, all is revealed and all is hidden.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Bridal Chamber offers Mantegna the opportunity to portray each detail from an unexpected angle that is inextricably bound up with his own profoundly Humanistic temporal perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIndeed, his dramatic foreshortening technique clearly displays his passion for classical art. Like a botanist collecting a sample of each of the plants he comes across, Mantegna notes and painstakingly assembles the countless events and instants that take place in daily life. 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