The Moment of Cubism

The Moment of CubismJohn Berger is one of the most passionate and incisive writers on the relationship between art and politics. Whether looking at Vermeer in his studio, or Poussin's poignant meditation death, the contradictions of Rodin's sculpture, Berger was always able to see the threads that bound the individual life, their passion for creativity and the social and political contexts they were working within. The Moment of Cubism, originally published in 1969, is

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