Blouin ArtInfo's "40 Books Every Artist Should Own"

1.
The Art Museum
The Art Museum 4.34 avg rating — 245 ratings
2.
Art and Fear
Art and Fear 3.77 avg rating — 100,511 ratings
3.
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Concerning the Spiritual in Art 3.84 avg rating — 90,610 ratings
3.
Point and Line to Plane
Point and Line to Plane 3.92 avg rating — 1,651 ratings
5.
Visual Thinking
Visual Thinking 4.07 avg rating — 680 ratings
6.
Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye
Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye 4.08 avg rating — 3,946 ratings
7.
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography 3.99 avg rating — 76,119 ratings
8.
Ways of Seeing
Ways of Seeing 3.93 avg rating — 418,819 ratings
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ART/WORK: Everything You Need to Know (and Do) As You Pursue Your Art Career
ART/WORK: Everything You Need to Know (and Do) As You Pursue Your Art Career 4.20 avg rating — 1,243 ratings
10.
The Continental Aesthetics Reader
The Continental Aesthetics Reader 4.14 avg rating — 56 ratings
11.
Art in Theory, 1900–2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas
Art in Theory, 1900–2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas 3.97 avg rating — 10,234 ratings
12.
Art History
Art History 4.23 avg rating — 1,099 ratings
13.
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience 4.11 avg rating — 86,227 ratings
14.
History of Beauty
History of Beauty 3.83 avg rating — 65,525 ratings
15.
On Ugliness
On Ugliness 3.88 avg rating — 18,990 ratings
16.
Why Art Cannot be Taught: A Handbook for Art Students
Why Art Cannot be Taught: A Handbook for Art Students 3.97 avg rating — 1,277 ratings
17.
Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation
Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation 4.04 avg rating — 6,024 ratings
18.
Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
Illuminations: Essays and Reflections 4.29 avg rating — 12,264 ratings
19.
The Pink Glass Swan: Selected Essays on Feminist Art
The Pink Glass Swan: Selected Essays on Feminist Art 4.13 avg rating — 167 ratings
20.
Orientalism
Orientalism 4.13 avg rating — 28,508 ratings
21.
Anatomy: A Complete Guide for Artists
Anatomy: A Complete Guide for Artists 4.17 avg rating — 180 ratings
22.
Seven Days in the Art World
Seven Days in the Art World 3.62 avg rating — 69,390 ratings
23.
The Lives of the Artists
The Lives of the Artists 3.77 avg rating — 32,497 ratings
24.
Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin
Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin 4.34 avg rating — 2,437 ratings
25.
A Life of Picasso II: The Cubist Rebel: 1907-1916
A Life of Picasso II: The Cubist Rebel: 1907-1916 4.40 avg rating — 342 ratings
26.
Witness to Her Art
Witness to Her Art really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
27.
The Profitable Artist: A Handbook for All Artists in the Performing, Literary, and Visual Arts
The Profitable Artist: A Handbook for All Artists in the Performing, Literary, and Visual Arts
by: Artspire
3.80 avg rating — 60 ratings
28.
The Rules of Art: Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field
The Rules of Art: Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field 4.09 avg rating — 420 ratings
29.
Participation
Participation 3.94 avg rating — 351 ratings
30.
Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility 3.74 avg rating — 7,343 ratings
31.
100 Artists' Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists
100 Artists' Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists 4.04 avg rating — 457 ratings
32.
Manifesto: A Century of Isms
Manifesto: A Century of Isms 4.18 avg rating — 80 ratings
33.
Art as Experience
Art as Experience 3.94 avg rating — 5,774 ratings
34.
Evictions: Art and Spatial Politics (The Graham Foundation / MIT
Evictions: Art and Spatial Politics (The Graham Foundation / MIT 4.36 avg rating — 39 ratings
35.
Art Forms in Nature
Art Forms in Nature 4.13 avg rating — 7,650 ratings
36.
True Colors: The Real Life of the Art World
True Colors: The Real Life of the Art World 3.87 avg rating — 75 ratings
37.
The Art Spirit
The Art Spirit 3.90 avg rating — 25,331 ratings
38.
Jack Goldstein and the CalArts Mafia
Jack Goldstein and the CalArts Mafia 3.88 avg rating — 73 ratings
39.
Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy
Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy 4.08 avg rating — 2,419 ratings
40.
After Modern Art 1945-2000
After Modern Art 1945-2000 3.87 avg rating — 1,945 ratings
41.
Art School: (Propositions for the 21st Century)
Art School: (Propositions for the 21st Century) 3.59 avg rating — 79 ratings
42.
I Like Your Work: Art and Etiquette
I Like Your Work: Art and Etiquette 3.72 avg rating — 147 ratings
43.
On Photography
On Photography 3.88 avg rating — 54,147 ratings
44.
The Practice and Science of Drawing
The Practice and Science of Drawing 4.09 avg rating — 4,928 ratings