Ways of Seeing | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

John Berger, Sven Blomberg, Chris Fox, Michael Dibb, Richard - These individuals create a significant work that deals with the way individuals and societies in general see, and record what they see.

Rene Magritte - This Surrealist painter lives from 1898-1967. The painter's work "The Key of Dreams" sets the keynote for the Berger work.

Frans Hals - In 1664, this eighty-year-old destitute Dutch painter receives an official commission to show the directors of a poorhouse for poor, old people in Harlem. The painter receives free fuel for the...
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