The World History of Art

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History of Beauty
History of Beauty 3.83 avg rating — 65,523 ratings
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Ways of Seeing
Ways of Seeing 3.93 avg rating — 418,786 ratings
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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
by: Ross King
3.91 avg rating — 27,847 ratings
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Leonardo da Vinci: The Complete Paintings and Drawings
Leonardo da Vinci: The Complete Paintings and Drawings 4.30 avg rating — 11,116 ratings
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A History of Illuminated Manuscripts
A History of Illuminated Manuscripts 4.24 avg rating — 516 ratings
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Art Through the Ages
Art Through the Ages 3.83 avg rating — 43,952 ratings
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Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
by: Ross King
3.84 avg rating — 38,390 ratings
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The Story of Art
The Story of Art 3.96 avg rating — 448,886 ratings
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Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age
Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age 4.13 avg rating — 2,896 ratings
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Cathedral: By the Author of The Way Things Work
Cathedral: By the Author of The Way Things Work 4.26 avg rating — 2,388 ratings
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One Hundred Flowers
One Hundred Flowers 4.34 avg rating — 731 ratings
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History of Art
History of Art 3.79 avg rating — 38,061 ratings
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Classical Art: From Greece to Rome
Classical Art: From Greece to Rome 4.08 avg rating — 348 ratings
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The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism
The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism
by: Ross King
3.85 avg rating — 14,509 ratings
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Egyptian Art
Egyptian Art 3.81 avg rating — 205 ratings
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Gaudi
Gaudi 4.12 avg rating — 532 ratings
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The Lamp of Beauty: Writings on Art
The Lamp of Beauty: Writings on Art 3.70 avg rating — 20 ratings
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How Art Made the World
How Art Made the World 4.09 avg rating — 250 ratings
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Ando
Ando 4.18 avg rating — 320 ratings
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The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece 3.87 avg rating — 35,392 ratings
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Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Concerning the Spiritual in Art 3.84 avg rating — 90,607 ratings
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The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War
The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War 3.93 avg rating — 7,697 ratings
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Color: A Natural History of the Palette
Color: A Natural History of the Palette 3.80 avg rating — 71,297 ratings
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Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages
Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages 3.97 avg rating — 1,510 ratings
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Vasari's Lives of the Artists: Giotto, Masaccio, Fra Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian
Vasari's Lives of the Artists: Giotto, Masaccio, Fra Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian 4.09 avg rating — 237 ratings
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History of Italian Renaissance Art, Third Edition
History of Italian Renaissance Art, Third Edition 4.22 avg rating — 1,206 ratings
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Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo 4.01 avg rating — 71,947 ratings
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Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau 3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Michelangelo : The Complete Sculpture, Painting, Architecture
Michelangelo : The Complete Sculpture, Painting, Architecture 4.54 avg rating — 149 ratings
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Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier 3.93 avg rating — 345 ratings
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Greek Art and Archaeology (2nd Edition)
Greek Art and Archaeology (2nd Edition) 4.02 avg rating — 383 ratings
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Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel 4.21 avg rating — 89 ratings
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A History of the World in 100 Objects
A History of the World in 100 Objects 4.19 avg rating — 9,174 ratings
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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Masterworks
Frank Lloyd Wright: The Masterworks 4.30 avg rating — 300 ratings
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Civilisation
Civilisation 4.24 avg rating — 1,823 ratings
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Islamic Art and Architecture
Islamic Art and Architecture 3.91 avg rating — 234 ratings
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Castle
Castle 4.22 avg rating — 4,167 ratings
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The Art and Architecture of Persia
The Art and Architecture of Persia 4.50 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Islamic Arts
Islamic Arts 3.87 avg rating — 122 ratings
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Image on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Art
Image on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Art 4.13 avg rating — 295 ratings
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The Invention of Cuneiform: Writing in Sumer
The Invention of Cuneiform: Writing in Sumer 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Mondrian
Mondrian 4.11 avg rating — 453 ratings
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Rembrandt's Eyes
Rembrandt's Eyes 4.15 avg rating — 2,608 ratings
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Andy Warhol Pop Box: Fame, the Factory, and the Father of American Pop Art
Andy Warhol Pop Box: Fame, the Factory, and the Father of American Pop Art 4.13 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral
Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral 4.10 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Frank Gehry, Architect
Frank Gehry, Architect 3.81 avg rating — 67 ratings
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J.M.W. Turner
J.M.W. Turner 4.19 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Lust for Life
Lust for Life 4.27 avg rating — 30,947 ratings
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Architecture: Form, Space, & Order
Architecture: Form, Space, & Order 4.29 avg rating — 3,992 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 — 167 ratings
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Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization 4.27 avg rating — 392 ratings
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Art in Renaissance Italy
Art in Renaissance Italy 4.26 avg rating — 448 ratings
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Caravaggio: Painter of Miracles
Caravaggio: Painter of Miracles 3.75 avg rating — 456 ratings
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Caravaggio: A Life
Caravaggio: A Life 3.87 avg rating — 175 ratings
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Picasso
Picasso 3.71 avg rating — 1,732 ratings
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A Tempest Soul
A Tempest Soul 4.11 avg rating — 297 ratings
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Sculpture: From Antiquity to the Present Day
Sculpture: From Antiquity to the Present Day 4.44 avg rating — 113 ratings
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Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)
Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog
The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog 4.20 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting
Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Art of Describing: Dutch Art in the Seventeenth Century
The Art of Describing: Dutch Art in the Seventeenth Century 4.14 avg rating — 235 ratings
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Cubism
Cubism 3.68 avg rating — 59 ratings
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The Sources of Modern Architecture and Design
The Sources of Modern Architecture and Design 3.68 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Frida Kahlo: 1907-1954 Pain and Passion
Frida Kahlo: 1907-1954 Pain and Passion 4.21 avg rating — 13,311 ratings
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Art as Experience
Art as Experience 3.94 avg rating — 5,774 ratings
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Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts 4.42 avg rating — 1,552 ratings
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Modigliani and the Artists of Montparnasse
Modigliani and the Artists of Montparnasse 4.19 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism
Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism 4.27 avg rating — 624 ratings
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Himalayan Art: Wall Painting and Sculpture in Ladakh, Lahaul and Spiti, the Siwalik Ranges, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan
Himalayan Art: Wall Painting and Sculpture in Ladakh, Lahaul and Spiti, the Siwalik Ranges, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Cairo Museum Masterpieces /anglais
Cairo Museum Masterpieces /anglais 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Uffizi: The Official Guide - All of the Works
The Uffizi: The Official Guide - All of the Works 4.04 avg rating — 156 ratings
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Egyptian Mythology: Myths and Legends of Egypt, Persia, Asia Minor, Sumer and Babylon
Egyptian Mythology: Myths and Legends of Egypt, Persia, Asia Minor, Sumer and Babylon 3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings
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The Mirror of the Gods: Classical Mythology in Renaissance Art
The Mirror of the Gods: Classical Mythology in Renaissance Art 3.78 avg rating — 101 ratings
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The Art of the Italian Renaissance: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Drawing
The Art of the Italian Renaissance: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Drawing 4.23 avg rating — 175 ratings
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El Greco
El Greco 4.33 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Barcelona and Modernity: Picasso, Gaudí, Miró, Dalí
Barcelona and Modernity: Picasso, Gaudí, Miró, Dalí 4.19 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Caravaggio
Caravaggio 3.96 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Matisse
Matisse 4.23 avg rating — 1,690 ratings
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The Pre-Raphaelites
The Pre-Raphaelites 4.10 avg rating — 292 ratings
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Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings
Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings 4.12 avg rating — 55,306 ratings
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Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs 4.21 avg rating — 506 ratings
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Cezanne: Landscape into Art
Cezanne: Landscape into Art 4.48 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Illuminated Books of William Blake, Volume 3: The Early Illuminated Books
The Illuminated Books of William Blake, Volume 3: The Early Illuminated Books 4.70 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe 4.25 avg rating — 1,394 ratings
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Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle to Protect the Louvre and Its Treasures During World War II
Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle to Protect the Louvre and Its Treasures During World War II 4.06 avg rating — 532 ratings
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J.W. Waterhouse
J.W. Waterhouse 4.19 avg rating — 1,938 ratings
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Frida in America: The Creative Awakening of a Great Artist
Frida in America: The Creative Awakening of a Great Artist 4.02 avg rating — 467 ratings
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Arts and Ideas
Arts and Ideas 4.28 avg rating — 188 ratings
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Vermeer's Women: Secrets and Silence
Vermeer's Women: Secrets and Silence 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings
90.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating — 768,668 ratings
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Chagall: A Retrospective
Chagall: A Retrospective 4.24 avg rating — 208 ratings
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Born Under Saturn: The Character and Conduct of Artists
Born Under Saturn: The Character and Conduct of Artists 4.01 avg rating — 297 ratings
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Leonardo and the Last Supper
Leonardo and the Last Supper
by: Ross King
3.93 avg rating — 2,983 ratings
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Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane
Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane 4.15 avg rating — 4,682 ratings
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Ambrogio Lorenzetti: The Palazzo Pubblico, Siena
Ambrogio Lorenzetti: The Palazzo Pubblico, Siena really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Cathedral
Cathedral 4.24 avg rating — 38,961 ratings
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Sandro Botticelli 1444/45 - 1510
Sandro Botticelli 1444/45 - 1510 4.34 avg rating — 657 ratings
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City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction
City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction 4.28 avg rating — 1,551 ratings
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Bohemian Paris: Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse and the Birth of Modern Art
Bohemian Paris: Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse and the Birth of Modern Art 4.01 avg rating — 1,182 ratings
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