Artists


Just Kids
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Leonardo da Vinci
I'll Give You the Sun
The Noisy Paint Box
The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse
Haunted
Van Gogh: The Life
The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait
The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
The Passion of Artemisia
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Lust for Life
Duma Key
Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Shell Seekers by Rosamunde PilcherWhat's So Funny? by Tim Conway
Dead in 2019: The Authors We Lost
212 books — 15 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,988 books — 1,280 voters

Girl, 15, Charming but Insane by Sue LimbGirl, Nearly 16 by Sue LimbOh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn ChildsThe Far Side Gallery 3 by Gary LarsonThe Twilight of Lake Woebegotten by Harrison Geillor
Art Parodies
20 books — 11 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëGoblin Market by Christina RossettiKatherine by Anya SetonLizzie Siddal by Lucinda HawksleyRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Pre-Raphaelite Covers
133 books — 21 voters

Leonardo's Swans by Karen EssexThe Second Mrs. Gioconda by E.L. KonigsburgThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownThe Smile by Donna Jo NapoliThe Far Side Gallery 3 by Gary Larson
Da Vinci Covers
19 books — 6 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussDr. Julie Visits Cowboy Mike and Winston by Michael Eastwood
Favorite picture books
509 books — 369 voters

Virginia Woolf
Women have sat indoors all these millions of years, so that by this time the very walls are permeated by their creative force, which has, indeed, so overcharged the capacity of bricks and mortar that it must needs harness itself to pens and brushes and business and politics.
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

Seth Godin
Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator. What makes someone an artist? I don't think is has anything to do with a paintbrush. There are painters who follow the numbers, or paint billboards, or work in a small village in China, painting reproductions. These folks, while swell people, aren't artists. On the other hand, Charlie Chaplin was an artist, beyond a doubt. So is Jonathan Ive, ...more
Seth Godin, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

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