Best Art and Art History Books (137 books)

Best Art and Art History Books

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

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1	The Shock of the New by Robert Hughes 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 5,748 ratings score: 1,869, and 19 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism by Ross King 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 3,014 ratings score: 1,383, and 14 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren by Jonathan Lopez (Goodreads Author) 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 1,057 ratings score: 1,293, and 13 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel by Stefano Zuffi 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 1,274, and 13 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Letters of Vincent van Gogh by Vincent van Gogh 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 10,622 ratings score: 1,161, and 12 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Power of Art by Simon Schama 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 3,469 ratings score: 1,090, and 11 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Art Through the Ages by Helen Gardner 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 7,178 ratings score: 984, and 10 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 4,431 ratings score: 777, and 8 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Nothing If Not Critical: Selected Essays on Art and Artists by Robert Hughes 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 270 ratings score: 768, and 8 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Art Spirit by Robert Henri 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 4,186 ratings score: 765, and 8 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Sister Wendy's Story of Painting by Wendy Beckett 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 894 ratings score: 682, and 7 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye by Rudolf Arnheim 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 441 ratings score: 589, and 6 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Art History's History by Vernon Hyde Minor 3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 60 ratings score: 588, and 6 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Story of Art by Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 24,783 ratings score: 588, and 6 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	A Life of Picasso, Vol. 1: The Prodigy, 1881-1906 by John Richardson 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 267 ratings score: 571, and 6 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Isms: Understanding Art by Stephen Little 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 146 ratings score: 570, and 6 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War by Lynn H. Nicholas 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,153 ratings score: 479, and 5 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Visual Arts: A History, Seventh Combined Edition by Hugh Honour 3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 33 ratings score: 477, and 5 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Life with Picasso by Françoise Gilot 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 746 ratings score: 476, and 5 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles by Martin Gayford 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 1,128 ratings score: 473, and 5 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Bernini by Howard Hibbard 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 68 ratings score: 465, and 5 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Frick Collection: Handbook of Paintings by Scala Publishers 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 454, and 5 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing by Margaret S. Livingstone 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 102 ratings score: 391, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 5,583 ratings score: 388, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Masterpieces of The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Philippe de Montebello (Contributor) 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings score: 368, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Art and Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light by Leonard Shlain 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 713 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 28,351 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Michelangelo by Ludwig Goldscheider 4.53 of 5 stars 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Pictures of Nothing: Abstract Art Since Pollock by Kirk Varnedoe 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 128 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Writer's Brush: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture by Writers by Donald Friedman 4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d'Aulaire 4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 7,058 ratings score: 289, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Techniques of the Great Masters of Art by Waldemar Januszczak 4.54 of 5 stars 4.54 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 289, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams by Diane Waldman 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 313 ratings score: 288, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Manifestations of Shiva by Stella Kramrisch 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 285, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Dreaming With His Eyes Open / A Life Of Diego Rivera by Patrick Marnham 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 278, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	National Gallery of Art: Washington by John Walker 4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 277, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Goya by Robert Hughes 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 1,535 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Atkinson Grimshaw by Alexander Robertson 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Annotated Mona Lisa by Carol Strickland 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,044 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Georgia O'Keeffe Museum by Peter H. Hassrick 4.57 of 5 stars 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 15,351 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 8,665 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Success and Failure of Picasso by John Berger 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 120 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Ways of Seeing by John Berger 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 30,178 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 3,695 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution by Denis Dutton 3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 511 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	How Art Made the World by Nigel Jonathan Spivey 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 65 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Noa Noa by Paul Gauguin 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 199 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Dora Maar, With And Without Picasso: A Biography by Mary Ann Caws 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	What Painting Is by James Elkins 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 184 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Believing Is Seeing: Creating the Culture of Art by Mary Anne Staniszewski 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 106 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Vasari's Lives of the Artists: Giotto, Masaccio, Fra Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian by Giorgio Vasari 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 57 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	William Blake by Robin Hamlyn 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 326 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Eastman Johnson: Painting America by Teresa A. Carbone 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 192, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Just Looking: Essays on Art by John Updike 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 58 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Sculpture: Processes and Principles by Rudolf Wittkower 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Atkinson Grimshaw: Painter of Moonlight by Jane Sellars (Editor) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Authoritative Calvin And Hobbes by Bill Watterson 4.69 of 5 stars 4.69 avg rating — 11,197 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 34,858 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 6,780 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	History of Modern Art: Painting Sculpture Architecture Photography by H. Harvard Arnason 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,750 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	A Guide To The Louvre by Anne Sefrioui 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 50 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Romantic Rebellion by Kenneth Clark 4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 27 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Cameraworks by David Hockney (Photographer) 4.55 of 5 stars 4.55 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	For the Love of Art by Janet Goodfriend (Goodreads Author) 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Picasso: Creator And Destroyer by Arianna Huffington 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 226 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Humor in Craft by Brigitte Martin (Goodreads Author) 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Louvre: 400 Masterpieces by Daniel Soulié (Photographs) 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Artemisia Gentileschi: The Image of the Female Hero in Italian Baroque Art by Mary D. Garrard 4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Museum Guard by Howard Norman 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 434 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Georgia O'keeffe: 100 Flowers by James O'Horeton 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition: Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque (The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III, Part 1) by David Bindman (Editor) 3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Senses. by Wolfgang Von Buddenbrock 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Last Flowers of Manet by Robert Gordon 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Thomas Hoving 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 337 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	About Looking by John Berger 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 1,256 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	What Great Paintings Say by Rose-Marie Hagen 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 60 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Where Is Ana Mendieta?: Identity, Performativity, and Exile by Jane Blocker 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 34 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	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 (The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume II, Part 1) by David Bindman (Editor) 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Modern Painting: The Impressionists--And the Avant-Garde of the Twentieth Century by Barron's Publishing 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	The Vertigo Years: Europe 1900-1914 by Philipp Blom 3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 209 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	George Tooker by Thomas H. Garver 4.68 of 5 stars 4.68 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Pictures & Tears: A History of People Who Have Cried in Front of Paintings by James Elkins 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 85 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Il Était Une Fois Walt Disney: Aux Sources De L'art Des Studios Disney by Pierre Vallaud 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	The Sense of Sight by John Berger 4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 89 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	The Painted Word by Tom Wolfe 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,610 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Vietnam Reflexes and Reflections by Eve Sinaiko 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Living Color: A Writer Paints Her World by Natalie Goldberg 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 155 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation by Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 592 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Angels & Fairies by Iain Zaczek 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	The Eclipse Of Art: Tackling The Crisis In Art Today by Julian Spalding 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 6,780 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Rackstraw Downes by Sanford Schwartz 4.71 of 5 stars 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	In Pursuit of Beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement by The Metropolitan Museum Of Art 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Gothic: Dark Glamour by Valerie Steele 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 53 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book by Artists and Critics by Herschel B. Chipp 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 557 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Martha Stewart's Cookies: The Very Best Treats to Bake and to Share by Martha Stewart 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 5,144 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Diego Rivera: The Detroit Industry Murals by Linda Bank Downs 4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Gothic Art Now by Jasmine Becket-Griffith (Goodreads Author) 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 72 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Giada's Family Dinners by Giada De Laurentiis 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 5,037 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars