Berger Chapter 1 - 02/21/06

I. Every image embodies a way of seeing. 
	A. Point of View/Perspective
		1. Photography 
			a. Authenticates a moment in time
			b. Photographs seen as fact/self-evident
				i. Can be a major distortion
				ii. However, it is actually a way of seeing the world.
		2. Painting 	
			a. Most important person in a painting: Spectator
				i. Everything is aligned in perspective to a line on the horizon outside the painting (where the spectator stands)
			b. Convention of perspective is the traditional way of making a painting seem real
				i. Realism 
					. a technique, NOT a factual status 
			c. Cubism 
				i. To express all perspectives possible
				ii. A discussion of how image is a way of "seeing"
				iii. Considered at the time to be degenerate and immoral because it didn't create a "realistic" image
				iv. There is no longer a singular viewpoint, no way to turn back from this point 
		4. Movie Camera
			a. Different then others:
				i. Unfolds in time
				ii. Moves around to give multiple perspectives/narratives

II. Age of Mechanical Reproduction
	A. Various Perspectives
	B. No Way of Turning Back
	C. Everything Can Be Reproduced
	
III.  Film Representation of Cowboy Myth
	A.Western Cowboy/Hero Composition (Marlboro Man)
		1. Tough Guys
		2. Heterosexual/"Manly"
		3. Rugged
		4. Silent
		5. Skinny/Muscular
		6. Dislocated Anger
		7. Caucasian
		8. Cowboy costume
		9. Authority associated with gun
	  	10. Smoke
		11. Sexually Charged
	B. Americaness & Heroism 
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