Synthesized answer
The book "Ways of Seeing" by John Berger explores how we perceive the world and how this perception shapes our understanding [Passage 1]. Berger suggests that seeing is fundamental and precedes language; it is through sight that we establish our position in the world around us, and while words help explain this world, they cannot alter the fact of our being surrounded by it [Passage 1]. The relationship between what we see and what we know is described as never being settled [Passage 1].
The book, originally a BBC television series, is considered a highly influential work on art that has changed the way people look at pictures by concentrating on how we view paintings [Passage 1].
Synthesized from the book passages below. Chat with the book on Feynman for follow-up.
From the book
Title: Ways of Seeing by John Berger Description: How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever."Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.""But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The relation between what we see and what we know is…