Rhetorical Analysis Essay “Ways of Seeing” In John Berger’s essay, “Ways of Seeing” he discusses how art is being examined. From the past where the originality of the painting and the way the painter wants to portray it so that the spectator could see the meaning of what was trying to be presented, to the now modern day view of the art. The purpose of his writing is to inform the academic audience, that in modern day culture, the worth of an art piece created through the eyes of the painter is being underpraised. Through the duration of his essay, John Berger demonstrates to us that he is attentively developing rhetoric strategies of ethos, pathos, and logos. In a part of John Berger’s writing he says, “When we ‘see’ a landscape, we situate
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As a result its meaning changes,” (128) by doing this, he creates the credibility that shows that modern day culture with cameras are changing the actual worth of art. Mr. Berger’s credibility is built by the way that the academic audience can see that the world is using famous art in many different forms, because of how cameras can easily transport an image of a picture to another location, to other people and get a different interpretation of what the artist was striving to actually create. He lets them know that as cameras have been involved, it is reducing the uniqueness of the original artwork. Its amazing image that it has when they stand in front of it and bask in its glory. The author writes that the camera has drastically changed the meaning of art; by not seeing it in person and having it become a common image that is present in many occasions. This is where John Berger connects his audience to the message that he is delivering, which is that the worth of past art has decreased in worth due to modern day culture. In conclusion the audience can see that John Berger builds his rhetoric strategies in his essay “Ways of Seeing,” by using ethos, pathos, and logos. Incorporating these into his essay, he informs the academic audience that, as a modern society that the real worth of the art pieces that were created through the eye of the painter are being dispraised; by the use of cameras to make it easier to come in contact with art. The author also writes that it greatly depends on the perception of the art work, if it will be valued or not, and if the audience is placed mentally in the situation where the piece was
As a result its meaning changes,” (128) by doing this, he creates the credibility that shows that modern day culture with cameras are changing the actual worth of art. Mr. Berger’s credibility is built by the way that the academic audience can see that the world is using famous art in many different forms, because of how cameras can easily transport an image of a picture to another location, to other people and get a different interpretation of what the artist was striving to actually create. He lets them know that as cameras have been involved, it is reducing the uniqueness of the original artwork. Its amazing image that it has when they stand in front of it and bask in its glory. The author writes that the camera has drastically changed the meaning of art; by not seeing it in person and having it become a common image that is present in many occasions. This is where John Berger connects his audience to the message that he is delivering, which is that the worth of past art has decreased in worth due to modern day culture. In conclusion the audience can see that John Berger builds his rhetoric strategies in his essay “Ways of Seeing,” by using ethos, pathos, and logos. Incorporating these into his essay, he informs the academic audience that, as a modern society that the real worth of the art pieces that were created through the eye of the painter are being dispraised; by the use of cameras to make it easier to come in contact with art. The author also writes that it greatly depends on the perception of the art work, if it will be valued or not, and if the audience is placed mentally in the situation where the piece was