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Visual Art Books
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Ways of Seeing (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.94 — 423,194 ratings — published 1972
The Story of Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.97 — 452,413 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 — 374,586 ratings — published 1979
The Art Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.86 — 165,191 ratings — published 1997
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.00 — 129,974 ratings — published 1993
Interaction of Color (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.95 — 14,302 ratings — published 1971
Picture This: How Pictures Work (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,824 ratings — published 1991
Leonardo da Vinci: The Complete Paintings and Drawings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.30 — 11,155 ratings — published 2003
On Photography (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.87 — 54,945 ratings — published 1973
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.99 — 76,550 ratings — published 1980
Art and Fear (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.77 — 101,592 ratings — published 1994
Figure Drawing for All It's Worth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.99 — 23,308 ratings — published 1943
Seven Days in the Art World (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.62 — 70,015 ratings — published 2008
Wall and Piece (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.85 — 233,569 ratings — published 2005
Keys to Drawing (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.07 — 15,383 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 — 6,060 ratings — published 1960
Une Semaine de Bonté (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,801 ratings — published 1934
The Mind's Eye: Writings on Photography and Photographers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,445 ratings — published 1997
Diane Arbus: Monograph (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.04 — 18,212 ratings — published 1972
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again)
by (shelved 5 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.84 — 48,179 ratings — published 1975
The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,710 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 — 3,966 ratings — published 1954
Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.11 — 55,940 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 4.09 — 59,314 ratings — published 2014
How to Draw What You See (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,945 ratings — published 1972
The Shock of the New (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.74 — 36,065 ratings — published 1980
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.95 — 117,675 ratings — published 2002
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.92 — 33,581 ratings — published 2016
Towards a Philosophy of Photography (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,301 ratings — published 1983
What Is Art? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.73 — 3,565 ratings — published 1897
Creative Illustration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,254 ratings — published 1947
Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (Volume 2) (James Gurney Art)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.11 — 17,866 ratings — published 2010
9.5 Theses on Art and Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.13 — 291 ratings — published 2013
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.08 — 198,545 ratings — published 2006
Picasso (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.30 — 625 ratings — published 1991
History of Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.78 — 38,606 ratings — published 1962
History of Beauty (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.82 — 66,154 ratings — published 2004
Klimt (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.17 — 25,487 ratings — published 1992
Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,762 ratings — published 1970
About Looking (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.09 — 9,131 ratings — published 1980
Concerning the Spiritual in Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.83 — 91,343 ratings — published 1912
The Natural Way to Draw (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.00 — 62,224 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 — 14,518 ratings — published 2006
Color: A Natural History of the Palette (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.80 — 71,812 ratings — published 2003
What Artists Wear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,465 ratings — published
The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective Rationale of Color (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 4.33 — 790 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 — 2,977 ratings — published 1961
The Unknown Masterpiece (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.81 — 6,038 ratings — published 1831
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as visual-art)
avg rating 3.76 — 19,016 ratings — published 2006
“As far as visual art goes, it has to reveal something about reality that you can't really put into words. Any artist who can explain his work with words is not exactly on the right track. It's tough. You're always probing down in the dark and you reveal things to yourself as you do your art. People who use formulas or use their skill mainly just to make money -- I don't know how they can stand it. It must become very boring, I would think.”
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“On perception:
Angles in film are as invented as the relationship between objects and space in paintings. In the end, everything is open to debate — and can be reshaped, reframed, reimagined…”
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Angles in film are as invented as the relationship between objects and space in paintings. In the end, everything is open to debate — and can be reshaped, reframed, reimagined…”
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