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Visual Art Books
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Ways of Seeing (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.94 — 439,261 ratings — published 1972
The Story of Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.96 — 466,037 ratings — published 1950
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.87 — 381,150 ratings — published 1979
The Art Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.86 — 167,728 ratings — published 1997
Interaction of Color (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.91 — 15,564 ratings — published 1963
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.00 — 132,314 ratings — published 1993
Picture This: How Pictures Work (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,936 ratings — published 1991
Leonardo da Vinci: The Complete Paintings and Drawings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.30 — 11,294 ratings — published 2003
On Photography (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.87 — 57,249 ratings — published 1973
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography [Paperback] (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.99 — 78,148 ratings — published 1980
Figure Drawing for All It's Worth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.97 — 24,483 ratings — published 1943
Seven Days in the Art World (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.61 — 71,603 ratings — published 2008
Wall and Piece (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.85 — 236,006 ratings — published 2005
Keys to Drawing (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.07 — 15,709 ratings — published 1985
Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,139 ratings — published 1960
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.92 — 34,949 ratings — published 2016
Une Semaine de Bonté (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,809 ratings — published 1934
History of Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.77 — 39,850 ratings — published 1962
The Mind's Eye: Writings on Photography and Photographers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,474 ratings — published 1997
Art and Fear (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.77 — 105,226 ratings — published 1994
Diane Arbus: Monograph (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.04 — 18,236 ratings — published 1972
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.85 — 48,789 ratings — published 1975
The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,741 ratings — published 1873
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.55 — 11 ratings — published 2004
Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,000 ratings — published 1954
Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.10 — 57,593 ratings — published 1988
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.08 — 61,821 ratings — published 2014
How to Draw What You See (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,950 ratings — published 1972
The Shock of the New (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.74 — 36,805 ratings — published 1980
Towards a Philosophy of Photography (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,352 ratings — published 1983
What Is Art? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.73 — 3,688 ratings — published 1897
9.5 Theses on Art and Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.15 — 292 ratings — published 2013
Picasso (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.30 — 630 ratings — published 1991
History of Beauty (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.82 — 67,849 ratings — published 2004
Klimt (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.17 — 26,081 ratings — published 1992
Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,846 ratings — published 1970
About Looking (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.08 — 9,341 ratings — published 1980
Concerning the Spiritual in Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.83 — 93,109 ratings — published 1912
The Natural Way to Draw (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.00 — 64,024 ratings — published 1941
The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.85 — 14,575 ratings — published 2006
Color: A Natural History of the Palette (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.79 — 72,983 ratings — published 2003
What Artists Wear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,583 ratings — published
The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective Rationale of Color (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.31 — 812 ratings — published 1961
The Elements of Color: A Treatise on the Color System of Johannes Itten Based on His Book the Art of Color (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,991 ratings — published 1961
The Electric State (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,641 ratings — published 2017
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.77 — 20,652 ratings — published 2006
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,607 ratings — published 2016
Salvador Dalí: 1904-1989 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,686 ratings — published 1992
Film Form: Essays In Film Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,163 ratings — published 1949
Monet: Or the Triumph of Impressionism (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.40 — 928 ratings — published 1996
“We live in an age where photography rains on us like sewage from above.”
― Playing to the Gallery
― Playing to the Gallery
“Art appears in its best form when it is brought out from the boundaries of the rules, provided the artist knows the rules very well.”
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