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Art Books
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![Ways of Seeing](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1703328414l/2784._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 2802 times as art)
avg rating 3.92 — 378,235 ratings — published 1972
![The Story of Art](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1389274650l/222078._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 2356 times as art)
avg rating 3.96 — 417,604 ratings — published 1950
![Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1404576602l/13099738._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 1721 times as art)
avg rating 3.96 — 293,543 ratings — published 2012
![The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348133732l/627206._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 1715 times as art)
avg rating 3.87 — 356,357 ratings — published 1979
![The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1440952332l/615570._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 1355 times as art)
avg rating 3.95 — 111,954 ratings — published 2002
![Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442712080l/187633._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1236 times as art)
avg rating 3.77 — 91,760 ratings — published 1994
![Wall and Piece](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327904853l/114683._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 1176 times as art)
avg rating 3.85 — 226,843 ratings — published 2005
![The Art Book](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1411210646l/567616._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 1127 times as art)
avg rating 3.86 — 157,806 ratings — published 1997
![Girl with a Pearl Earring](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327197580l/2865._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1105 times as art)
avg rating 3.93 — 738,948 ratings — published 1999
![The Letters of Vincent van Gogh](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1657544597l/395233._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 985 times as art)
avg rating 4.09 — 98,852 ratings — published 1914
![Concerning the Spiritual in Art](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405982387l/857502._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 928 times as art)
avg rating 3.84 — 86,639 ratings — published 1912
![Seven Days in the Art World](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1358748500l/6988014._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 829 times as art)
avg rating 3.62 — 65,746 ratings — published 2008
![The Goldfinch](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1378710146l/17333223._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 802 times as art)
avg rating 3.95 — 930,977 ratings — published 2013
![On Photography](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1671548651l/52372._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 771 times as art)
avg rating 3.89 — 49,054 ratings — published 1973
![History of Beauty](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386926937l/10505._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 765 times as art)
avg rating 3.83 — 61,814 ratings — published 2004
![The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1407009131l/91760._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 707 times as art)
avg rating 3.92 — 45,492 ratings — published 1995
![The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1574272133l/1319._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 702 times as art)
avg rating 3.99 — 104,130 ratings — published 2002
![Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328408101l/102920._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 693 times as art)
avg rating 4.01 — 122,900 ratings — published 1993
![Leonardo da Vinci](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1523543570l/34684622._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 684 times as art)
avg rating 4.20 — 107,140 ratings — published 2017
![Interaction of Color](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328870173l/111113._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 678 times as art)
avg rating 4.06 — 11,286 ratings — published 1971
![Art Through the Ages](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1168391513l/32525._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 658 times as art)
avg rating 3.84 — 41,630 ratings — published 1926
![Color: A Natural History of the Palette](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1427998243l/19596._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 656 times as art)
avg rating 3.81 — 68,692 ratings — published 2003
![Vincent Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347681065l/203805._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 649 times as art)
avg rating 4.14 — 51,098 ratings — published 1988
![The Secret Lives of Color](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1498826320l/34122206._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 636 times as art)
avg rating 4.12 — 14,848 ratings — published 2016
![M.C. Escher: The Graphic Work](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388377308l/276287._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 632 times as art)
avg rating 3.94 — 68,350 ratings — published 1954
![Just Kids](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1706691407l/206318521._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 618 times as art)
avg rating 4.21 — 284,363 ratings — published 2010
![What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348756302l/15929764._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 596 times as art)
avg rating 4.20 — 9,943 ratings — published 2012
![Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1404580714l/18290401._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 584 times as art)
avg rating 4.12 — 51,811 ratings — published 2014
![Figure Drawing for All It's Worth](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387701635l/147941._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 576 times as art)
avg rating 4.06 — 20,260 ratings — published 1943
![History of Art](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1330064588l/2693801._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 571 times as art)
avg rating 3.81 — 35,634 ratings — published 1962
![The Lives of the Artists](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387708111l/233389._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 555 times as art)
avg rating 3.78 — 30,659 ratings — published 1550
![The Art Spirit](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405666033l/207781._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 551 times as art)
avg rating 3.93 — 22,973 ratings — published 1929
![The Shock of the New](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1175649708l/542639._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 547 times as art)
avg rating 3.74 — 34,400 ratings — published 1980
![The Art Forger](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348518546l/14568987._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 540 times as art)
avg rating 3.75 — 88,911 ratings — published 2012
![The Agony and the Ecstasy](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327879079l/321552._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 524 times as art)
avg rating 4.09 — 90,730 ratings — published 1958
![Leonardo's Notebooks](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388230805l/24096._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 513 times as art)
avg rating 3.99 — 49,174 ratings — published 1519
![The Creative Act: A Way of Being](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1663707011l/60965426._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 474 times as art)
avg rating 4.07 — 35,129 ratings — published 2023
![Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1532024623l/40090596._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 464 times as art)
avg rating 4.30 — 18,554 ratings — published 2018
![Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1700961214l/737957._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 461 times as art)
avg rating 3.83 — 37,103 ratings — published 2002
![Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1312018081l/497164._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 459 times as art)
avg rating 3.99 — 70,062 ratings — published 1980
![The Power of Art](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1385316815l/19797._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 450 times as art)
avg rating 3.92 — 17,545 ratings — published 2006
![On Ugliness](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320443510l/520738._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 436 times as art)
avg rating 3.87 — 18,716 ratings — published 2007
![The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1423704668l/31818._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 431 times as art)
avg rating 3.84 — 46,495 ratings — published 1975
![The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1450039964l/25667449._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 428 times as art)
avg rating 3.92 — 28,797 ratings — published 2016
![An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators and Designers](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1391275504l/3253215._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 418 times as art)
avg rating 3.71 — 25,512 ratings — published 2008
![The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1441521513l/56912._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 413 times as art)
avg rating 3.84 — 14,320 ratings — published 2006
![The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348198131l/2474084._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 408 times as art)
avg rating 4.08 — 22,344 ratings — published 1936
![Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1407108642l/91767._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 402 times as art)
avg rating 4.01 — 66,770 ratings — published 1983
![In Praise of Shadows](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1409951563l/34473._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 396 times as art)
avg rating 4.03 — 24,025 ratings — published 1933
“Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.”
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![Clive Barker](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1430330407i/10366._UX200_CR0,40,200,200_.jpg)
“Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.”
― Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War
― Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War
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