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popular art books (showing 1-50 of 15,609)

The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Paperback)
by Betty Edwards (shelved 86 times as art)
avg rating 4.16 — 856 ratings — published 1979

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Wall and Piece (Paperback)
by Banksy (shelved 76 times as art)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,001 ratings — published 2006

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Griffin & Sabine - An Extraordinary Correspondence (Hardcover)
by Nick Bantock (shelved 75 times as art)
avg rating 4.29 — 3,049 ratings — published 1991

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Ways of Seeing (Paperback)
by John Berger (shelved 68 times as art)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,818 ratings — published 1972

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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by Julia Cameron (shelved 63 times as art)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,949 ratings — published 1992

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Sabine's Notebook: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues (Hardcover)
by Nick Bantock (shelved 61 times as art)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,420 ratings — published 1992

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PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives (Hardcover)
by Frank Warren (shelved 60 times as art)
avg rating 4.33 — 5,488 ratings — published 2005

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The Golden Mean: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Concludes (Hardcover)
by Nick Bantock (shelved 56 times as art)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,061 ratings — published 1993

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The Art Book (Paperback)
by Phaidon Press (shelved 53 times as art)
avg rating 3.98 — 377 ratings — published 1997

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Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by Tracy Chevalier (shelved 47 times as art)
avg rating 3.69 — 29,855 ratings — published 1999

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The Story of Art, 16th Edition (Hardcover)
by Ernst H. Gombrich (shelved 46 times as art)
avg rating 4.34 — 372 ratings — published 1950

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Amphigorey (Hardcover)
by Edward Gorey (shelved 46 times as art)
avg rating 4.53 — 1,812 ratings — published 1972

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The Gashlycrumb Tinies (Hardcover)
by Edward Gorey (shelved 45 times as art)
avg rating 4.62 — 2,246 ratings — published 1963

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Faeries (Hardcover)
by Brian Froud (shelved 43 times as art)
avg rating 4.42 — 641 ratings — published 1978

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Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
by David Bayles (shelved 43 times as art)
avg rating 4.04 — 998 ratings — published 1993

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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (Paperback)
by Scott McCloud (shelved 43 times as art)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,977 ratings — published 1993

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Concerning the Spiritual in Art (Paperback)
by Wassily Kandinsky (shelved 41 times as art)
avg rating 3.89 — 363 ratings — published 1960

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Good Faeries, Bad Faeries (Hardcover)
by Brian Froud (shelved 40 times as art)
avg rating 4.28 — 775 ratings — published 1998

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Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature (Hardcover)
by Andy Goldsworthy (shelved 39 times as art)
avg rating 4.72 — 376 ratings — published 1990

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The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait (Hardcover)
by Frida Kahlo (shelved 35 times as art)
avg rating 4.35 — 669 ratings — published 1995

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Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph (Paperback)
by Diane Arbus (shelved 32 times as art)
avg rating 4.53 — 415 ratings — published 1988

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M. C. Escher: The Graphic Work (Paperback)
by M.C. Escher (shelved 31 times as art)
avg rating 4.24 — 153 ratings — published 1967

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Amphigorey Also (Paperback)
by Edward Gorey (shelved 31 times as art)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,072 ratings — published 1983

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Amphigorey Too (Paperback)
by Edward Gorey (shelved 29 times as art)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,076 ratings — published 1975

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The Gryphon: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Is Rediscovered (Hardcover)
by Nick Bantock (shelved 28 times as art)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,062 ratings — published 2001

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The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss (Hardcover)
by Dr. Seuss (shelved 28 times as art)
avg rating 4.44 — 454 ratings — published 1995

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Seven Days in the Art World (Hardcover)
by Sarah Thornton (shelved 27 times as art)
avg rating 3.62 — 639 ratings — published 2008

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Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book (Hardcover)
by Terry Jones (shelved 27 times as art)
avg rating 4.08 — 672 ratings — published 1994

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The Philosophy of Andy Warhol : (From A to B and Back Again)
by Andy Warhol (shelved 26 times as art)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,211 ratings — published 1975

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On Photography (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Susan Sontag (shelved 26 times as art)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,407 ratings — published 1977

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The Morning Star (Hardcover)
by Nick Bantock (shelved 25 times as art)
avg rating 4.09 — 545 ratings — published 2003

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Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling (Paperback)
by Ross King (shelved 25 times as art)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,201 ratings — published 2002

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Alexandria: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Unfolds (Griffin & Sabine)
by Nick Bantock (shelved 25 times as art)
avg rating 4.15 — 855 ratings — published 2002

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Leonardo's Notebooks (Hardcover)
by Leonardo da Vinci (shelved 24 times as art)
avg rating 4.31 — 213 ratings — published 1956

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The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo (Paperback)
by Irving Stone (shelved 24 times as art)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,956 ratings — published 1961

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Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey (Paperback)
by Alex Grey (shelved 23 times as art)
avg rating 4.43 — 210 ratings — published 1990

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M.C. Escher : 29 Master prints (Paperback)
by M.C. Escher (shelved 22 times as art)
avg rating 4.44 — 91 ratings — published 1983

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The Creative License: Giving Yourself Permission to be the Artist You Truly Are (Paperback)
by Danny Gregory (shelved 22 times as art)
avg rating 4.30 — 355 ratings — published 2006

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Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing (Hardcover)
by Emma Dexter (shelved 22 times as art)
avg rating 4.54 — 237 ratings — published 2005

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The Principles of Uncertainty (Hardcover)
by Maira Kalman (shelved 22 times as art)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,254 ratings — published 2007

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Fruits (Paperback)
by Yuya Aoki (shelved 22 times as art)
avg rating 4.29 — 409 ratings — published 2001

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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture (Paperback)
by Ross King (shelved 22 times as art)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,287 ratings — published 2001

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Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy (Paperback)
by Dave Hickey (shelved 22 times as art)
avg rating 4.20 — 852 ratings — published 1997

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The Lost Painting (Paperback)
by Jonathan Harr (shelved 21 times as art)
avg rating 3.62 — 1,210 ratings — published 2005

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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by Dan Brown (shelved 21 times as art)
avg rating 3.57 — 298,192 ratings — published 2003

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Vincent Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings: Etten, April 1881-Paris, February 1888 (Taschen Specials)
by Ingo F. Walther (shelved 21 times as art)
avg rating 4.24 — 115 ratings — published 1992

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