Bento's Sketchbook
by
John Berger
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
The Essential John Berger
ISBN-10
1804298239
ISBN-13
9781804298237
Publisher
Verso Books
Imprint
Verso Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 25th, 2025
Print length
176 Pages
Weight
332 grams
Dimensions
14.10 x 21.00 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Drawing & drawingsLiterary essaysPhilosophy: aesthetics
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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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.
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