Practice question · Multiple choice
Why does Berger describe the nude as a relation rather than a form?
Hints
- Ask what the woman in the picture is arranged towards.
- A viewer standing outside the frame, whom the composition assumes.
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C. The picture is composed for a viewer outside it, and that position is part of what the picture is
Why
Because the composition includes a position outside itself. The body is arranged towards a viewer, frequently acknowledges being seen, and that assumed viewer is part of the picture's structure. Clark described what is inside the frame; Berger pointed out that the frame is arranged for someone.
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