John Berger – John Allcock

Mary Beard and the nude

09/01/202511/03/2021 by John

For some reason or another we found ourselves watching on TV last night the programme compiled some time ago by the classicist Mary Beard, on the subject of the nude in art. In some ways it was very predictable, with the presenter running out a variant of the John Berger line about the male gaze. … Read more

The fashion for nudity

09/01/202513/02/2020 by John

For some reason that escapes me at the moment, broadcasters have become interested suddenly in the subject of nudity. I mentioned in a recent posting the fact that there is currently a TV series showing in the UK in which viewers are invited to join a televised life-drawing class. In a somewhat different vein, the … Read more