Favourite Art and Art History Books
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Modernists & Mavericks: Bacon, Freud, Hockney and the London Painters
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Martin Gayford
4.22 avg rating — 392 ratings 3. 
Man with a Blue Scarf: On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucian Freud
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Martin Gayford
4.37 avg rating — 961 ratings 4. 
The Pursuit of Art: Travels, Encounters and Revelations
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Martin Gayford
4.15 avg rating — 198 ratings 
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Artistic Places (Volume 5) (Inspired Traveller's Guides, 5)
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Susie Hodge
3.62 avg rating — 156 ratings 
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
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Austin Kleon
3.96 avg rating — 324,437 ratings 11. 
Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
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Bianca Bosker
4.11 avg rating — 3,374 ratings 12. 
Warhol After Warhol: Power and Money in the Modern Art World
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Richard Dorment
4.17 avg rating — 29 ratings 
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Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
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Laura Cumming
4.17 avg rating — 1,925 ratings 
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All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
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Patrick Bringley
4.03 avg rating — 20,981 ratings 18. 
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What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell
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Will Gompertz
4.08 avg rating — 12,574 ratings 20. 
Think Like an Artist: and Lead a More Creative, Productive Life
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Will Gompertz
3.85 avg rating — 2,293 ratings 
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The Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution, and Resilience—500 Years of Women's Self-Portraits
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Jennifer Higgie
4.04 avg rating — 624 ratings 23. 
The Other Side: A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World
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Jennifer Higgie
4.02 avg rating — 506 ratings 
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A Life of Picasso, Vol. 1: The Early Years, 1881-1906
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John Richardson
4.28 avg rating — 1,993 ratings 26. 
A Life of Picasso, Vol. 2: The Painter of Modern Life, 1907-1917
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John Richardson
4.40 avg rating — 342 ratings 27. 
A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years: 1917-1932 (Vol 3)
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John Richardson
4.24 avg rating — 322 ratings 28. 
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When Harry Met Pablo: Truman, Picasso, and the Cold War Politics of Modern Art
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Matthew Algeo
3.85 avg rating — 128 ratings 
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Strangeland: The memoirs of one of the most acclaimed artists of her generation
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Tracey Emin
3.86 avg rating — 2,496 ratings 
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The Lives of Lucian Freud: Fame 1968 - 2011
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William Feaver
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 71 ratings 48. 
The Gallery of Miracles and Madness: Insanity, Modernism, and Hitler's War on Art
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Charlie English
4.11 avg rating — 448 ratings 49. 
Circles and Squares: The Lives and Art of the Hampstead Modernists
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Caroline MacLean
3.56 avg rating — 130 ratings 50. 
Modern Indonesian Art From Raden Saleh to the Present Day it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art
by:
Sebastian Smee
3.93 avg rating — 1,929 ratings 52. 
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Understanding Art Markets: Inside the world of art and business
by:
Iain Robertson
4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings 55. 
Understanding International Art Markets and Management
by:
Iain Robertson
3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings 
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Art Is Life: Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night
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Jerry Saltz
3.99 avg rating — 603 ratings 65. 
Muse: Uncovering the Hidden Figures Behind Art History's Masterpieces
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Ruth Millington
3.85 avg rating — 142 ratings 
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Blue Territory: a meditation on the life and art of Joan Mitchell
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Robin Lippincott
4.14 avg rating — 128 ratings 68. 
National Treasures: Saving The Nation's Art in World War II
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Caroline Shenton
4.04 avg rating — 82 ratings 69. 
Art & Crime: The fight against looters, forgers, and fraudsters in the high-stakes art world
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Stefan Koldehoff
3.50 avg rating — 135 ratings 
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Creation: A fully illustrated, panoramic world history of art from ancient civilisation to the present day 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Way I See It: The Landmark BBC Art Series in Partnership with MoMA
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Alastair Sooke
4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings 75. 
Artistic Circles: The Inspiring Connections Between the World’s Greatest Artists
by:
Susie Hodge
3.65 avg rating — 57 ratings 
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The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain from Vienna 1900 to the Present
by:
Eric R. Kandel
4.21 avg rating — 1,811 ratings 78. 
Reductionism in Art and Brain Science: Bridging the Two Cultures
by:
Eric R. Kandel
4.13 avg rating — 855 ratings 79. 
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The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
by:
Edmund de Waal
3.95 avg rating — 61,682 ratings 84. 
Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History
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Bridget Quinn
4.26 avg rating — 1,962 ratings 85. 
Brand New Art From China: A Generation on the Rise (T&t Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics Book 13)
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Barbara Pollack
4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings 86. 
Art As an Investment?: A Survey of Comparative Assets
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Melanie Gerlis
3.29 avg rating — 17 ratings 87. 
A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women: Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind
by:
Siri Hustvedt
3.85 avg rating — 2,179 ratings 
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Big Bucks: The Explosion of the Art Market in the 21st Century
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Georgina Adam
3.82 avg rating — 88 ratings 
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The Eye: An Insider's Memoir of Masterpieces, Money, and the Magnetism of Art 3.43 avg rating — 72 ratings
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The Orpheus Clock: The Search for My Family's Art Treasures Stolen by the Nazis
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Simon Goodman
4.13 avg rating — 935 ratings 95. 
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art and Auction Houses
by:
Don Thompson
3.87 avg rating — 5,929 ratings 
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The Loft Generation: From the de Koonings to Twombly: Portraits and Sketches, 1942-2011
by:
Edith Schloss
4.01 avg rating — 137 ratings 98. 
Mummified: The Stories Behind Egyptian Mummies in Museums
by:
Angela Stienne
4.27 avg rating — 98 ratings 99. 
