Ways of Seeing
Chapter 7. The spectator-buyer is also the: (P. 142)
A. Consumer- producer
B. Spectator – owner
C. Very rich
D. Political revolutionary
A. Consumer- producer
B. Spectator – owner
C. Very rich
D. Political revolutionary
Consumer-producer
B. Spectator – owner
The spectator of an oil painting was historically likely to be its owner, who already boasted enormous wealth, whereas the spectator of an ad is likely to be a common person, both worker and buyer, caught up in the promise of trying to acquire wealth.