Berger views history as a right that every human has to know and understand. The relation of art and history is important because artwork defines our history better than any words would. A painting of a family in the middle ages gives us a better view of the family rather than someone attempting to explain their attributes. The family painting may also portray the environment they live in, their personalities and their flaws. Paintings and pictures are frozen frames in time that can be stored and remembered forever, ideas can be changed and passed on differently through different interpretation. Paintings may be interpretated differently but they relay forever how things were, and are comparable to how things are now.
Ryan
