Skip to main content
G:N1:9 5
Edit position
Edit position

Last set 2 days, 19 hours ago. Manual moves override automatic placement until the next shelfie/spine match.

Portraits : John Berger on artists
Diagnose this book
Open in Vernon Browser

Portraits : John Berger on artists

by John Berger, Tom Overton

This illustrated collection of essays explores the history of visual culture from prehistoric cave paintings to modern works. It analyses the lives and outputs of various artists while examining the intersection of art, politics, and history.

Accession 17187 ISBN 9781784781767 Publisher Verso
Book Images
Reference and live side by side Hover to see live images
Reference
Portraits : John Berger on artists spine
Portraits : John Berger on artists cover
Live
Portraits : John Berger on artists live spine
No live
Portraits : John Berger on artists spine Portraits : John Berger on artists live spine
Portraits : John Berger on artists cover
No live
TAGS
Curated Derived
Art Artists Authors Biography Creativity History Politics Writing
CONNECTIONS
No connections
State
on_shelf
True
position_updated_at
2026-06-03 16:44
orientation
vertical
Details

Physical

binding_type
Hard Back
dimensions
none captured
spine_text
none captured

Metadata

Book form
LOCATION HISTORY
G:N1:9 5 Current vertical
2 days, 19 hours ago
Book Location
Updated 2 days, 19 hours ago
Vernon snapshot
View live

Frozen copy of Vernon's record from the last sync. Fields tagged → flow back into the Pulse record.

Last synced 2026-05-28 14:40 (1 week, 1 day ago)

Identity

name→ title
Portraits : John Berger on artists
vernon_id
26625
accession_no→ accession_number
17187
vernon_slug
portraits-john-berger-on-artists-by-john-berger-edited-by-tom-overton

Drives Pulse state

curr_loc_status→ on_shelf
On Shelf, Stored
location_name
Zone N1/Level 1/Phrontisterion/MONA
location_reason
On Shelf
isbn_issn→ isbn (when valid)
9781784781767

Descriptive

production_date
2015
object_type
Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication
object_status
Accessioned
brief_description
John Berger, one of the world's most celebrated art writers, takes us through centuries of drawing and painting... Berger presents entirely new ways of thinking about artists both canonized and obscure, from Rembrandt to Henry Moore, Jackson Pollock to Picasso. -- Publisher's description.

Subjects & people

authors→ author (initial fill only)
Tom Overton, John Berger
tags→ tags
Arts, History, Persons, Artists, Rhetoric, Authorship, Biography, Art criticism, Criticism, Art -- History, Art appreciation, Caves -- France, Lascaux Cave (France)
subject_people
Andres Serrano (b.1950)
subject_objects
—

Cover image

vernon_cover_image_id→ cover_image
31084

Raw Vernon JSON

click to inspect

The source payload behind the snapshot above.
Use ⌘F to search once expanded.
{7 keys}
"slug": "portraits-john-berger-on-artists-by-john-berger-edited-by-tom-overton"
"opacObjectId": "26625"
"opacCollection": {1 keys}
"opacCollectionId": "1"
"imagesCollection": {2 keys}
"images": [1 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"imageId": "31084"
"cssColors": [4 items]
"[0]": {9 keys}
"hex": "a9a9a9"
"hue": 0
"rank": 1
"presence": 71.07
"colorName": "darkgray"
"lightness": 66
"colorGroup": "gray"
"saturation": 0
"formattedColorName": "dark gray"
"[1]": {9 keys}
"hex": "000000"
"hue": 0
"rank": 2
"presence": 6.01
"colorName": "black"
"lightness": 0
"colorGroup": "gray"
"saturation": 0
"formattedColorName": "black"
"[2]": {9 keys}
"hex": "a0522d"
"hue": 19
"rank": 3
"presence": 4.89
"colorName": "sienna"
"lightness": 40
"colorGroup": "brown"
"saturation": 56
"formattedColorName": "sienna"
"[3]": {9 keys}
"hex": "eee8aa"
"hue": 55
"rank": 4
"presence": 4.31
"colorName": "palegoldenrod"
"lightness": 80
"colorGroup": "yellow"
"saturation": 67
"formattedColorName": "pale goldenrod"
"rawColors": [7 items]
"[0]": {6 keys}
"hex": "b5a998"
"hue": 35
"rank": 1
"presence": 71.07
"lightness": 65
"saturation": 16
"[1]": {6 keys}
"hex": "362822"
"hue": 18
"rank": 2
"presence": 6.01
"lightness": 17
"saturation": 22
"[2]": {6 keys}
"hex": "67412f"
"hue": 19
"rank": 3
"presence": 4.89
"lightness": 29
"saturation": 37
"[3]": {6 keys}
"hex": "87603b"
"hue": 29
"rank": 4
"presence": 5.61
"lightness": 38
"saturation": 39
"[4]": {6 keys}
"hex": "f8f7f4"
"hue": 45
"rank": 5
"presence": 4.31
"lightness": 96
"saturation": 22
"[5]": {6 keys}
"hex": "74665f"
"hue": 20
"rank": 6
"presence": 3.22
"lightness": 41
"saturation": 9
"[6]": {6 keys}
"hex": "916e57"
"hue": 23
"rank": 7
"presence": 4.88
"lightness": 45
"saturation": 25
"imageLabels": [10 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"count": 141
"score": 98.49
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Hair"
"imageLabelId": 55
"[1]": {5 keys}
"count": 392
"score": 98.47
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Forehead"
"imageLabelId": 212
"[2]": {5 keys}
"count": 266
"score": 94.09
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Eye"
"imageLabelId": 57
"[3]": {5 keys}
"count": 509
"score": 90.01
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Eyelash"
"imageLabelId": 59
"[4]": {5 keys}
"count": 147
"score": 83.23
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Headgear"
"imageLabelId": 302
"[5]": {5 keys}
"count": 11007
"score": 82.48
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Art"
"imageLabelId": 4
"[6]": {5 keys}
"count": 19412
"score": 78.8
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Font"
"imageLabelId": 12
"[7]": {5 keys}
"count": 19027
"score": 75.16
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Publication"
"imageLabelId": 23
"[8]": {5 keys}
"count": 5578
"score": 72.85
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Pattern"
"imageLabelId": 24
"[9]": {5 keys}
"count": 254
"score": 72.2
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Jewellery"
"imageLabelId": 48
"imageDerivatives": [6 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/large/19980/72092c3e81b21f520ac86822112204f871f70940.jpg"
"width": "517"
"height": "800"
"identifier": "LARGE"
"[1]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/medium/19980/72092c3e81b21f520ac86822112204f871f70940.jpg"
"width": "258"
"height": "400"
"identifier": "MEDIUM"
"[2]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/nano/19980/72092c3e81b21f520ac86822112204f871f70940.jpg"
"width": "23"
"height": "35"
"identifier": "NANO"
"[3]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/small/19980/72092c3e81b21f520ac86822112204f871f70940.jpg"
"width": "97"
"height": "150"
"identifier": "SMALL"
"[4]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/tiny/19980/72092c3e81b21f520ac86822112204f871f70940.jpg"
"width": "48"
"height": "75"
"identifier": "TINY"
"[5]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/xlarge/19980/72092c3e81b21f520ac86822112204f871f70940.jpg"
"width": "775"
"height": "1200"
"identifier": "XLARGE"
"totalImages": 1
"objectSearchScore": 1.3189213
"opacObjectFieldSets": [40 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "accession_no"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "17187"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Portraits : John Berger on artists / by John Berger ; edited by Tom Overton"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "title"
"value": "Portraits : John Berger on artists / by John Berger ; edited by Tom Overton"
"[2]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "other_name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[3]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "artist_last_first"
"opacObjectFields": [2 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Berger, John"
"[1]": {1 keys}
"value": "Overton, Tom"
"[4]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "2015"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [2 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "earliest_date"
"value": "2015-01-01Z"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"key": "latest_date"
"value": "2015-12-31Z"
"[5]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[6]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "edition"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[7]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "brief_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "John Berger, one of the world's most celebrated art writers, takes us through centuries of drawing and painting... Berger presents entirely new ways of thinking about artists both canonized and obscure, from Rembrandt to Henry Moore, Jackson Pollock to Picasso. -- Publisher's description."
"[8]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "measure_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[9]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "credit_line"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[10]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc_status"
"opacObjectFields": [2 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "On Shelf"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "curr_loc_status:"On Shelf""
"[1]": {2 keys}
"value": "Stored"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "curr_loc_status:"Stored""
"[11]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "ob_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Accessioned"
"[12]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "lender"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[13]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_owner"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[14]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[15]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_start"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[16]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_expiry"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[17]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[18]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc"
"opacObjectFields": [2 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Zone N1/Level 1/Phrontisterion/MONA"
"[1]": {1 keys}
"value": "Duplicate; Reserve; Open-ended Shelving/Back store room/Chardonnay Drive"
"[19]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "object_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "object_type:"Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication""
"[20]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "collection"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Main Collection/Library"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "collection:"Main Collection/Library""
"[21]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "London/England"
"[22]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_publisher"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Verso"
"[23]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "physical_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "xxii, 512 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm."
"[24]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "language"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "English"
"[25]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "isbn_issn"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "9781784781767"
"[26]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_1"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "709.22 BER"
"[27]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "usual_loc_being"
"opacObjectFields": [2 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Zone N1/Level 1/Phrontisterion/MONA"
"[1]": {1 keys}
"value": "Library Storeroom/Zone 1/Ground/Moonah Offices & Storage"
"[28]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_class"
"opacObjectFields": [6 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Art -- History/Arts"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Art -- History/Arts""
"[1]": {2 keys}
"value": "Art appreciation/Art criticism/Criticism/Rhetoric/Authorship"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Art appreciation/Art criticism/Criticism/Rhetoric/Authorship""
"[2]": {2 keys}
"value": "Art criticism/Criticism/Rhetoric/Authorship"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Art criticism/Criticism/Rhetoric/Authorship""
"[3]": {2 keys}
"value": "Artists/Persons"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Artists/Persons""
"[4]": {2 keys}
"value": "Biography/History"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Biography/History""
"[5]": {2 keys}
"value": "Lascaux Cave (France)/Caves -- France"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Lascaux Cave (France)/Caves -- France""
"[29]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_date"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[30]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[31]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_period"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[32]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[33]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Andres Serrano (b.1950)"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_person:"Andres Serrano (b.1950)""
"[34]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[35]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[36]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[37]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[38]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[39]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_9"
"opacObjectFields": [2 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "1: shelf copy"
"[1]": {1 keys}
"value": "2: duplicate"
"relationshipsCollection": {2 keys}
"relationships": [1 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"relatedRecords": [2 items]
"[0]": {3 keys}
"slug": "john-berger"
"title": "John Berger"
"relatedRecordId": "9846"
"[1]": {3 keys}
"slug": "tom-overton"
"title": "Tom Overton"
"relatedRecordId": "31032"
"relationshipId": "object_prod_pri_person"
"relatedRecordType": "person"
"totalRelatedRecords": 2
"totalRelationships": 1
Topics and Themes