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1. Page 141

Principles of seeing

To lay out what affects the way we see art. What is Berger's theory of seeing?

2. Page 144

Hals’s paintings ("Let us consider")

To criticize context-free interpretation of art. How does art criticism of Hals's painting illustrate cultural mystification?

3. Page 147

Images’ relationship to past and present + perspective and camera ("let us now examine")

To discuss a historical shift in the way people see.

How do the camera and the reproduction of images affect "perspective"?

4. Page 153

The uses to which images can be put ("Let us examine")

To illustrate the effects that photographic reproduction has on art. How does photographic reproduction alter the meaning of a famous painting such as the Venus and Mars or Procession to Calvary?

5. Page 157

Individual collections of pictures ("What are we saying by that?"

To advance a Marxist approach to art appreciation. When we say that "these boards should replace museums," what do we mean?