Best Art and Art History Books

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What Painting Is
What Painting Is 4.11 avg rating β€” 533 ratings
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Believing Is Seeing: Creating the Culture of Art
Believing Is Seeing: Creating the Culture of Art 3.64 avg rating β€” 316 ratings
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Facture: Renaissance Masterworks (Conservation, Science, Art History, Vol. 1)
Facture: Renaissance Masterworks (Conservation, Science, Art History, Vol. 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Modern Painting: The Impressionists--And the Avant-Garde of the Twentieth Century
Modern Painting: The Impressionists--And the Avant-Garde of the Twentieth Century 4.38 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
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The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form
The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form 4.07 avg rating β€” 603 ratings
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Dali...Dali...Dali
Dali...Dali...Dali 4.21 avg rating β€” 66 ratings
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Sam Maloof: 36 Views of a Master Woodworker
Sam Maloof: 36 Views of a Master Woodworker 4.35 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
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Aelbert Cuyp: Land, Water, Light
Aelbert Cuyp: Land, Water, Light 3.20 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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British Portrait Miniatures (Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks)
British Portrait Miniatures (Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks) 4.83 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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Holbein in England
Holbein in England 4.13 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
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Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams
Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams 4.19 avg rating β€” 1,253 ratings
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This is Dali
This is Dali 4.20 avg rating β€” 870 ratings
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Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art
Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art 3.99 avg rating β€” 1,264 ratings
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Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art 4.12 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa
Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa 3.79 avg rating β€” 4,158 ratings
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Manifestations of Shiva
Manifestations of Shiva 4.30 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
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100 Ideas That Changed Art
100 Ideas That Changed Art 3.79 avg rating β€” 267 ratings
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The Art Book
The Art Book 3.86 avg rating β€” 164,236 ratings
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Kandinsky
Kandinsky 4.22 avg rating β€” 330 ratings
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John Martin: Apocalypse
John Martin: Apocalypse 4.38 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
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Expressionism: A Revolution in German Art (Taschen 25th Anniversary Series)
Expressionism: A Revolution in German Art (Taschen 25th Anniversary Series) 4.19 avg rating β€” 167 ratings
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Henry Fuseli
Henry Fuseli 3.91 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
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Cameraworks
Cameraworks 4.60 avg rating β€” 53 ratings
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On Painting
On Painting 3.88 avg rating β€” 1,281 ratings
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National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection
National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection 4.30 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
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Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages
Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages 3.97 avg rating β€” 1,510 ratings
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Abstract Expressionism
Abstract Expressionism 4.31 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
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Essential Pre-Raphaelites
Essential Pre-Raphaelites 4.36 avg rating β€” 429 ratings
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Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon 3.94 avg rating β€” 100 ratings
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Bacon: Portraits and Self-Portraits
Bacon: Portraits and Self-Portraits 4.13 avg rating β€” 31 ratings
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Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer 4.42 avg rating β€” 59 ratings
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The Fantastic Art of Beksinski
The Fantastic Art of Beksinski 4.62 avg rating β€” 326 ratings
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Magritte
Magritte 4.47 avg rating β€” 47 ratings
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Masters of Deception: Escher, Dali, and the Artists of Optical Illusion
Masters of Deception: Escher, Dali, and the Artists of Optical Illusion
by: Al Seckel
4.19 avg rating β€” 1,214 ratings
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Ways of Curating
Ways of Curating 3.92 avg rating β€” 1,395 ratings
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Landscape into Art
Landscape into Art 4.03 avg rating β€” 121 ratings
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Keith Haring
Keith Haring 4.45 avg rating β€” 110 ratings
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Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art 3.92 avg rating β€” 6,613 ratings
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365 Takes
365 Takes 4.27 avg rating β€” 197 ratings
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Otto Dix
Otto Dix 4.35 avg rating β€” 55 ratings
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Painted Prints: The Revelation of Color in Northern Renaissance & Baroque Engravings, Etchings & Woodcuts
Painted Prints: The Revelation of Color in Northern Renaissance & Baroque Engravings, Etchings & Woodcuts 4.20 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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The Renaissance Print: 1470-1550
The Renaissance Print: 1470-1550 4.44 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss
The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss
by: Dr. Seuss
4.06 avg rating β€” 10,994 ratings
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Amazons in the Drawing Room: The Art of Romaine Brooks
Amazons in the Drawing Room: The Art of Romaine Brooks 4.11 avg rating β€” 55 ratings
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50 Bauhaus Icons You Should Know (50...you Should Know)
50 Bauhaus Icons You Should Know (50...you Should Know) 3.46 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
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For the Love of Art
For the Love of Art really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
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Humor in Craft
Humor in Craft 4.13 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
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The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition: Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque (Volume III, Part 1)
The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition: Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque (Volume III, Part 1) 4.59 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
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Thomas Jones (1742 - 1803): An Artist Rediscovered
Thomas Jones (1742 - 1803): An Artist Rediscovered 4.75 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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The Illustrated Timeline of Art History: A Crash Course in Words & Pictures
The Illustrated Timeline of Art History: A Crash Course in Words & Pictures 4.12 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
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Why Art Cannot be Taught: A Handbook for Art Students
Why Art Cannot be Taught: A Handbook for Art Students 3.97 avg rating β€” 1,277 ratings
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Degenerate Art: The Exhibition Catalogue Guide In German And English
Degenerate Art: The Exhibition Catalogue Guide In German And English 4.05 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
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The New Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
The New Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 3.55 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
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Gustave DorΓ©: Master of Imagination
Gustave DorΓ©: Master of Imagination 4.28 avg rating β€” 47 ratings
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Frida Kahlo: A Spiritual Biography
Frida Kahlo: A Spiritual Biography 3.46 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
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Folk Art of Cape Cod and the Islands
Folk Art of Cape Cod and the Islands it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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The Eye of Spirit: An Integral Vision for a World Gone Slightly Mad
The Eye of Spirit: An Integral Vision for a World Gone Slightly Mad 4.16 avg rating β€” 280 ratings
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Venetiaanse fresco's van de Tiepolo's
Venetiaanse fresco's van de Tiepolo's 2.75 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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My Dear BB . . .: The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Kenneth Clark, 1925-1959
My Dear BB . . .: The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Kenneth Clark, 1925-1959 3.86 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic
My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic 3.32 avg rating β€” 508 ratings
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Alenka: A Novel of Budapest
Alenka: A Novel of Budapest 3.58 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
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Tweeting Da Vinci
Tweeting Da Vinci 4.24 avg rating β€” 29 ratings
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Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else
Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else 3.60 avg rating β€” 351 ratings
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The Magic of Youth: The Mystique of Howard Chandler Christy (An Affair with Beauty, #1)
The Magic of Youth: The Mystique of Howard Chandler Christy (An Affair with Beauty, #1) 4.38 avg rating β€” 42 ratings
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Dear Theo
Dear Theo 4.17 avg rating β€” 18,799 ratings
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The Menil Collection: A Selection from the Paleolithic to the Modern Era
The Menil Collection: A Selection from the Paleolithic to the Modern Era 4.44 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
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Clear Seeing Place
Clear Seeing Place 4.34 avg rating β€” 221 ratings
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Dalit Art and Visual Imagery
Dalit Art and Visual Imagery it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Picture This: Perception & Composition
Picture This: Perception & Composition 4.19 avg rating β€” 4,796 ratings
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The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies 3.89 avg rating β€” 177 ratings
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Color: A Natural History of the Palette
Color: A Natural History of the Palette 3.80 avg rating β€” 71,298 ratings
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Roger Ebert's Book of Film: From Tolstoy to Tarantino, the Finest Writing From a Century of Film
Roger Ebert's Book of Film: From Tolstoy to Tarantino, the Finest Writing From a Century of Film 4.14 avg rating β€” 254 ratings
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The Art Forger
The Art Forger 3.75 avg rating β€” 91,772 ratings
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The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft
The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft 3.69 avg rating β€” 7,450 ratings
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Three Essays About Massurrealism
Three Essays About Massurrealism 4.24 avg rating β€” 41 ratings
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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School 4.08 avg rating β€” 5,654 ratings
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Why Old Places Matter: How Historic Places Affect Our Identity and Well-Being
Why Old Places Matter: How Historic Places Affect Our Identity and Well-Being 4.05 avg rating β€” 79 ratings
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Quizicat Questions Van Gogh
Quizicat Questions Van Gogh it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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A Man Becomes His Self: A Novella for Lost Souls
A Man Becomes His Self: A Novella for Lost Souls 3.50 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
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Bruegel
Bruegel 4.30 avg rating β€” 433 ratings
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The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols
The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols 3.95 avg rating β€” 622 ratings
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Angels & Aristocrats: Early European Art in New Zealand Public Collections
Angels & Aristocrats: Early European Art in New Zealand Public Collections it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Neon Spectacular: Japan: A Photographic Documentary of the Japanese Neon Industry
Neon Spectacular: Japan: A Photographic Documentary of the Japanese Neon Industry really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Famous Works of Art and How They Got That Way
Famous Works of Art and How They Got That Way 3.86 avg rating β€” 103 ratings
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Frederic Remington: Artist of the American West (First Book)
Frederic Remington: Artist of the American West (First Book) 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
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At Home With Art: How Art Lovers Live With and Care for Their Treasures [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 1999] Ellis, Estelle; Seebohm, Caroline; Sykes
At Home With Art: How Art Lovers Live With and Care for Their Treasures [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 1999] Ellis, Estelle; Seebohm, Caroline; Sykes 3.89 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
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The Carousel Carver
The Carousel Carver really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 21 ratings
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I Am Sorry: Art And Apologies
I Am Sorry: Art And Apologies 3.50 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
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American Renaissance: Missions Dangerous (American Renaissance, #1)
American Renaissance: Missions Dangerous (American Renaissance, #1) 4.69 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
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The Senses.
The Senses. 3.67 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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How Art Made the World
How Art Made the World 4.09 avg rating β€” 250 ratings
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Where Is Ana Mendieta?: Identity, Performativity, and Exile
Where Is Ana Mendieta?: Identity, Performativity, and Exile 4.22 avg rating β€” 181 ratings
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The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the Early Christian Era to the "Age of Discovery": From the Demonic Threat to the Incarnation of Sainthood (Volume II, Part 1)
The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the Early Christian Era to the "Age of Discovery": From the Demonic Threat to the Incarnation of Sainthood (Volume II, Part 1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
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Kabbalah in Art and Architecture
Kabbalah in Art and Architecture 4.44 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
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Degenerate Art: The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany
Degenerate Art: The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany 4.41 avg rating β€” 66 ratings
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The 1-Hour Van Gogh Book
The 1-Hour Van Gogh Book 4.08 avg rating β€” 108 ratings
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The Book I Wish I'd Had at Art College
The Book I Wish I'd Had at Art College 4.50 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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De fresco's van Pompeji
De fresco's van Pompeji 2.67 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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Florence: A Walking Guide to Its Architecture
Florence: A Walking Guide to Its Architecture 3.14 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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Nampeyo and Her Pottery
Nampeyo and Her Pottery 4.50 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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