Ways of Seeing and Coming To Terms

John Berger certainly has a strong opinion on how art is viewed and treated in his writing “Ways of Seeing”, which stood out to me, and serves as the focus of this entry. He claims that by reproducing a work of art and viewing it in a situation other then its environment, it is being distorted and no longer holds its true meaning. I find this ridiculous and foolish, moving a piece of art does not disrupt anything about it unless it is not properly taken care of. If his belief were true then all art would need to remain wherever it was created, and such places as museums would cease to exist. Reproducing a form of art serves only to make it more available, and is not done in disrespect to the subject.