WAYS OF SEEING

First edition, first printing. Paperback original. Publisher's white card covers printed in black. Illustrated throughout in black and white. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the covers with a little rubbing and dustiness at the extremities. The contents, with a couple of small marks on the front free endpaper and light toning to the margins, are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions.

Based on the 1972 BBC television series, a collection of seven 'essays', three of which consist solely of images, that examine how we view art. A groundbreaking classic of art criticism that challenged long held, traditionalist conventions within the discipline. It notably introduced the male gaze, a concept that became a significant, perennial topic within feminism, and was famously explored at length in the work of the feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey.