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Best Art Books to Read

best art books to read. This is based of research and reviews and is not a personal opinion. All of these books got at least a four star review on GoodReads
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The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh (Vincent Van Gogh)
The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
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Vincent Van Gogh
Color and Light (James Gurney)
Color and Light
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James Gurney
Understanding Comics
Understanding Comics
3
Interaction of Color (Josef Albers)
Interaction of Color
4
Josef Albers
Leonardo Da Vinci (Walter Isaacson)
Leonardo Da Vinci
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Walter Isaacson
Vincent Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings (Rainer Metzger)
Vincent Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings
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Rainer Metzger
The Secret Lives of Color (Kassia St. Clair)
The Secret Lives of Color
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Kassia St. Clair
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
8
Patti Smith
Show Your Work (Austin Kleon)
Show Your Work
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Austin Kleon
The Agony and the Ecstasy (Irving Stone)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
10
Irving Stone
Van Gogh: The Life (Steven Naifeh)
Van Gogh: The Life
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Steven Naifeh
Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane (Andrew Graham-Dixon)
Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane
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Andrew Graham-Dixon
History of Modern Art: Painting Sculpture Architecture Photography (H. Harvard Arnason)
History of Modern Art: Painting Sculpture Architecture Photography
13
H. Harvard Arnason
Art and Illusion (E.H. Gombrich)
Art and Illusion
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E.H. Gombrich
What Are You Looking At? (Will Gompertz)
What Are You Looking At?
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Will Gompertz
Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo (Hayden Herrera)
Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
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Hayden Herrera
The Annotated Mona Lisa (Carol Strickland)
The Annotated Mona Lisa
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Carol Strickland
Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and History (In That Order) (Bridget Quinn)
Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and History (In That Order)
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Bridget Quinn
The Story of Art Without Men (Katy Hessel)
The Story of Art Without Men
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Katy Hessel
Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism (B. H. D. Buchloch, David Joselit, Hal Foster & Ros)
Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism
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B. H. D. Buchloch, David Joselit, Hal Foster & Ros
A World History of Art (Hugh Honour)
A World History of Art
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Hugh Honour
Dear Theo (Irving Stone)
Dear Theo
22
Irving Stone
Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts (Christopher De Hamel)
Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts
23
Christopher De Hamel
Chasing Aphrodite (Jason Felch)
Chasing Aphrodite
24
Jason Felch
The Art of Describing: Dutch Art in the Seventeenth Century (Svetlana Alpers)
The Art of Describing: Dutch Art in the Seventeenth Century
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Svetlana Alpers
Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? (Linda Nochlin)
Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?
26
Linda Nochlin
Lust for Life (Irving Stone)
Lust for Life
27
Irving Stone
Ninth Street Women (Mary Gabriel)
Ninth Street Women
28
Mary Gabriel
Mad Enchantment (Ross King)
Mad Enchantment
29
Ross King
Rembrandt's Eyes (Simon Schama)
Rembrandt's Eyes
30
Simon Schama
The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain . . . (Eric R. Kandel)
The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain . . .
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Eric R. Kandel
Goya (Robert Hughes)
Goya
32
Robert Hughes
Klimt (Art Gallery)
Klimt
33
Art Gallery
Classical Art, From Greece to Rome (Mary Beard and John Henderson)
Classical Art, From Greece to Rome
34
Mary Beard and John Henderson
The Nude: A Study of Ideal Art (Kenneth Clark)
The Nude: A Study of Ideal Art
35
Kenneth Clark
Women, Art, and Power and Other Essays (Linda Nochlin)
Women, Art, and Power and Other Essays
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Linda Nochlin
Women in the Picture (Catherine McCormack)
Women in the Picture
37
Catherine McCormack
A History of the World in 100 Objects (Neil MacGregor)
A History of the World in 100 Objects
38
Neil MacGregor
Perspective as Symbolic Form (Erwin Panofsky)
Perspective as Symbolic Form
39
Erwin Panofsky
Image on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Art (Michael Camille)
Image on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Art
40
Michael Camille
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