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Best Art And Art History Books

773 books — This list was created and voted on by Goodreads members.

A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness, in fact he creates new appearances of things.

1.

The Story of Art
The Story of Art
3.97 463,907 ratings 1,821 reviews

2.

The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
4.08 111,556 ratings 836 reviews

3.

The Shock of the New
The Shock of the New
3.74 36,720 ratings 170 reviews

4.

The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Agony and the Ecstasy
4.09 96,921 ratings 2,613 reviews

5.

The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism
The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism
3.85 14,572 ratings 413 reviews

6.

The Power of Art
The Power of Art
3.93 17,766 ratings 158 reviews

7.

The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren
The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren
3.77 8,546 ratings 133 reviews

8.

Ways of Seeing
Ways of Seeing
3.94 436,737 ratings 4,423 reviews

9.

Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel
4.21 89 ratings 2 reviews

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Art Through the Ages
Art Through the Ages
3.81 45,405 ratings 222 reviews