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Ways of Seeing (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.95 — 457,640 ratings — published 1972
The Story of Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.96 — 482,217 ratings — published 1950
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.88 — 389,516 ratings — published 1979
The Art Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.86 — 171,156 ratings — published 1997
Picture This: How Pictures Work (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,104 ratings — published 1991
Interaction of Color (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.90 — 16,887 ratings — published 1963
On Photography (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.87 — 59,974 ratings — published 1973
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.00 — 135,079 ratings — published 1993
Leonardo da Vinci: The Complete Paintings and Drawings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.30 — 11,519 ratings — published 2003
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.99 — 80,973 ratings — published 1980
Figure Drawing for All It's Worth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.96 — 25,584 ratings — published 1943
Seven Days in the Art World (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.61 — 73,421 ratings — published 2008
Wall and Piece (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.85 — 239,252 ratings — published 2005
Picasso (Basic Art)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,546 ratings — published 1958
Keys to Drawing (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.07 — 16,070 ratings — published 1985
Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,295 ratings — published 1960
The Shock of the New (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.74 — 37,350 ratings — published 1980
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.92 — 36,895 ratings — published 2016
Une Semaine de Bonté (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,835 ratings — published 1934
History of Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.77 — 41,010 ratings — published 1962
The Mind's Eye: Writings on Photography and Photographers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,491 ratings — published 1997
Art and Fear (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.77 — 109,667 ratings — published 1994
Diane Arbus: Monograph (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.04 — 18,250 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 — 49,678 ratings — published 1975
The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,784 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 — 4,043 ratings — published 1954
Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.10 — 59,250 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 4.07 — 64,262 ratings — published 2014
The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.08 — 628 ratings — published 1956
How to Draw What You See (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,955 ratings — published 1972
Towards a Philosophy of Photography (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,390 ratings — published 1983
What Is Art? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.73 — 3,844 ratings — published 1897
9.5 Theses on Art and Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.15 — 298 ratings — published 2013
History of Beauty (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.82 — 69,558 ratings — published 2004
Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,915 ratings — published 1970
About Looking (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.08 — 9,581 ratings — published 1980
Concerning the Spiritual in Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.83 — 95,762 ratings — published 1912
The Natural Way to Draw (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.01 — 65,430 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 — 14,800 ratings — published 2006
M.C. Escher: The Graphic Work (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.92 — 73,397 ratings — published 1954
Color: A Natural History of the Palette (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.79 — 74,144 ratings — published 2003
Drawing the Head and Hands (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.23 — 6,791 ratings — published 1956
What Artists Wear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,691 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 — 836 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 — 3,021 ratings — published 1961
The Electric State (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.33 — 10,244 ratings — published 2017
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.78 — 22,105 ratings — published 2006
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,678 ratings — published 2016
Salvador Dalí: 1904-1989 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,719 ratings — published 1992
“An art prodigy of the 21st century has yet to be crowned. Or have they?”
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“Inks don’t forget. But with enough coaxing, occasionally they can be persuaded to forgive.”
― Musings from a Small Island: Everything under the Sun
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