The first episode “The way of seeing” by John Berger states the effecting of mechanical reproduction and the idea of the reproduction of art on the painting. In addition to the invention of the camera changed the perception of the world. It changes what we see and how we can see it. He mentioned to most famous paintings that recreated by using mechanical and technological tools. Berger also mentioned the fact that painting can be easily manipulated by editing with music rhythm and the meaning of an image can be changed according to the current situation.    

In 1930, “American gothic” was painted by Grant Wood. Grant Wood painted a simple portrait of a farmer and his sister stopped in front of an American farmhouse. In the first look, you believe that American gothic is realistic painting. He showed through his painting how was the American family and framers look like and the farmhouse in behind showed the American architecture. You can see how the faces of the brother and sister. Based on the first episode “ the way of seeing” by John Berger states that painting can be manipulated, in the second and third photos the American family during the COVID-19 pandemic. They manipulate the American gothic and edited the portrait of the Lysol, face masks, and social distance to describe our situation and how we face pandemic and also use comics. They stand 6 feet and both wear a face mask so they don’t inadvertently spread the coronavirus.      

The image that connects with a message is Mary looking at baby Jesus when he is born. It fits with Idea with Berger in Ways of seeing because he talks about how the way painting and art can be still and quiet. the message of Mary seeing baby jesus is hope because we see Mary face looking down at baby jesus showing that she cares about him and shows that their is a king .

The first image is the famous painting,The Last Supper ,which was created by Leonardo Da Vinci in late 15^th century. The Last Supper is highly awarded because of its religion meaning and art value.This painting depicts the picture that Jesus had the last supper with his apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion.In addition , Da Vinci painted every characters’ facial expression in detail, he fully revealed  every apostle’s thought by depicting their behavior and facial expression. Therefore, most of the viewers can feel that why this joyful supper would disclose weird ambiance.

The second image is an advertisement created by  a gambling company. This image also depicts Jesus and his apostles ,but they are not eating supper ,they are gambling. Comparing to the authentic The Last Supper, this reproduction obviously changed its original meaning .It’s a very good example to prove what Berger says in the video that reproductions of painting becoming a “form of information” .In this case , the reproduction painting conveys a message that they are a gambling company with many betting items and everybody can have fun here in an interesting manner.I believe that many people even though they are not gambler would be attracted by this vivid advertisement.Therefore ,I think this advertisement really effective.

John Berger’s essay “Ways of Seeing”, tells us the way we see a painting and how it can lose its artistic value and the ways it can become distorted to the people who see the artwork in different light and not in its original artist work. There are many types of artwork that have been distorted and lost its value from the original meaning. For example, the traditional Japanese paintings have meaning and usually given to the royal family of Japan. The differences of their artwork can mean different things. Like the following, Geisha painting has a deep entrenched in Japanese culture. It shows the beauty of Japanese women and also the meaning of the person in the art. Since real life Geisha does art shows. With that, the Yakuza gang use these Geisha tattoos to symbolize they are in a gang. With that being said, the community of Japan see this type of art on the body of people and they would assume that they are a part of the yakuza and bring trouble. They brought are fear to the people who see them with it because when they see it all they know is trouble might be coming their way and that idea is pictured in their mind every time they see it without knowing its Original art. That is why I believe this is an example of  losing value of its original art.

This comic image offers a powerful message about perspective and point of view. As we are working on Berger’s ways of seeing, I think this image justifies it in a significant way. In this image the two identical looking cartoons expresses different interpretations of a number based on where they view from. The image emphasizes that even though people who appear identical can have different but equally correct points of view on the same topic. But then one should expect the same from people with different perception. An individual’s behavior, opinion, mindset, assumption, has direct connection with culture, religion, economic or his life experience. Even though both cartoons possess different perception, both are right. Here, how you see things and where you’re coming from really matters. And the same goes for the other person.

It also emphasizes on putting yourself in the shoes of other people. It is important because it can help one to better understand and develop empathy which promotes generosity .Looking from others point of view may shed some light on what actually happened when both party are not wrong. It’s undeniable to say adopting character could help to see the other’s point of view. Though in real life, adaptation is much more complicated but the simplicity of this comic image highlights a hopeful message that different interpretation is possible.