Ways of Seeing

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. The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. This is a book on art in various languages.

Vederea vine inaintea cuvintelor. Copilul se uita si recunoaste inainte de a putea vorbi.