With this provocative and infinitely moving collection of essays, a preeminent critic of our time respond to the profound questions posed by the visual world. For when John Berger writes about Cubism, he writes not only of Braque, Leger, Picasso, and Gris, but of that incredible moment early in this century when the world converged around a marvelous sense of promise.

John Berger was born in London and now lives in a small village in the French Alps. Most recently he has written the novels “To the Wedding ”and “King.”
Patricia Macdonald studied at Edinburgh University, receiving her doctorate in 1973. She is well known for her innovative, award-winning aerial images. Her previous publications include "Shadow of Heaven, Order & Chaos, “and ”Views of Gala. "