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The Story of Art The Story of Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 387 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.96 � 440,149 ratings � published 1950
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Ways of Seeing Ways of Seeing (Paperback)
by (shelved 269 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.93 � 408,235 ratings � published 1972
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The Lives of the Artists The Lives of the Artists (Paperback)
by (shelved 179 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.78 � 31,852 ratings � published 1550
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Art Through the Ages Art Through the Ages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 171 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.84 � 42,783 ratings � published 1926
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Girl with a Pearl Earring Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by (shelved 136 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.93 � 761,147 ratings � published 1999
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History of Beauty History of Beauty (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.84 � 64,084 ratings � published 2004
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Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.84 � 37,981 ratings � published 2002
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The Letters of Vincent van Gogh The Letters of Vincent van Gogh (Paperback)
by (shelved 110 times as art-history)
avg rating 4.10 � 104,899 ratings � published 1914
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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.91 � 27,605 ratings � published 1999
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History of Art History of Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.81 � 36,821 ratings � published 1962
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The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.85 � 14,461 ratings � published 2006
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The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 103 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.80 � 51,468 ratings � published 2009
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Concerning the Spiritual in Art Concerning the Spiritual in Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.84 � 89,121 ratings � published 1912
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The Agony and the Ecstasy The Agony and the Ecstasy (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as art-history)
avg rating 4.09 � 92,899 ratings � published 1958
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The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.86 � 34,907 ratings � published 2005
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Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 88 times as art-history)
avg rating 4.20 � 117,928 ratings � published 2017
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Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.96 � 2,996 ratings � published 1972
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The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer (ebook)
by (shelved 82 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.97 � 9,562 ratings � published 2012
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The Story of Art Without Men The Story of Art Without Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as art-history)
avg rating 4.30 � 3,365 ratings � published 2022
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The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.95 � 65,137 ratings � published 2023
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The Shock of the New The Shock of the New (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.75 � 35,150 ratings � published 1980
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The Art Book The Art Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.86 � 162,157 ratings � published 1997
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The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.93 � 7,646 ratings � published 1994
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The Power of Art The Power of Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.92 � 17,644 ratings � published 2006
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Seven Days in the Art World Seven Days in the Art World (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.62 � 67,998 ratings � published 2008
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Color: A Natural History of the Palette Color: A Natural History of the Palette (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.81 � 70,087 ratings � published 2003
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Women, Art, and Society (World of Art) Women, Art, and Society (World of Art)
by (shelved 65 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.97 � 2,636 ratings � published
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Art in Theory, 1900–2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas Art in Theory, 1900�2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.97 � 10,239 ratings � published 2002
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On Ugliness On Ugliness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.88 � 18,920 ratings � published 2007
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Van Gogh: The Life Van Gogh: The Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 63 times as art-history)
avg rating 4.18 � 28,813 ratings � published 2011
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The Secret Lives of Color The Secret Lives of Color (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as art-history)
avg rating 4.09 � 17,793 ratings � published 2016
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What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as art-history)
avg rating 4.16 � 11,359 ratings � published 2012
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History of Modern Art History of Modern Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as art-history)
avg rating 4.00 � 8,561 ratings � published 1968
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Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as art-history)
avg rating 4.04 � 5,954 ratings � published 1960
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The Passion of Artemisia The Passion of Artemisia (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.90 � 19,663 ratings � published 2001
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History of Italian Renaissance Art, Third Edition History of Italian Renaissance Art, Third Edition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as art-history)
avg rating 4.22 � 1,202 ratings � published 1969
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Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.92 � 6,588 ratings � published 2009
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The Art of Art History: A Critical Anthology The Art of Art History: A Critical Anthology (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.97 � 416 ratings � published 1998
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Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as art-history)
avg rating 4.15 � 4,593 ratings � published 2011
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Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.99 � 74,961 ratings � published 1980
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The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.92 � 47,150 ratings � published 1995
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Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.93 � 5,228 ratings � published 2003
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The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as art-history)
avg rating 4.06 � 4,457 ratings � published 1992
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Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as art-history)
avg rating 4.01 � 70,401 ratings � published 1983
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Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as art-history)
avg rating 4.32 � 2,511 ratings � published 1971
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Leonardo and the Last Supper Leonardo and the Last Supper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.93 � 2,946 ratings � published 2012
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Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as art-history)
avg rating 4.14 � 53,700 ratings � published 1988
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The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.95 � 60,615 ratings � published 2010
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The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as art-history)
avg rating 3.88 � 4,875 ratings � published 2008
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Studies in Iconology: Humanistic Themes in the Art of the Renaissance Studies in Iconology: Humanistic Themes in the Art of the Renaissance (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as art-history)
avg rating 4.22 � 1,029 ratings � published 1967
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Thomas Bernhard
“The art historians are the real wreckers of art, Reger said. The art historians twaddle so long about art until they have killed it with their twaddle. Art is killed by the twaddle of the art historians. My God, I often think, sitting here on the settee while the art historians are driving their helpless flocks past me, what a pity about all these people who have all art driven out of them, driven out of them for good, by these very art historians. The art historiansâ€� trade is the vilest trade there is, and a twaddling art historian, but then there are only twaddling art historians, deserves to be chased out with a whip, chased out of the world of art, Reger said, all art historians deserve to be chased out of the world of art, because art historians are the real wreckers of art and we should not allow art to be wrecked by the art historians who are really art wreckers. Listening to an art historian we feel sick, he said, by listening to an art historian we see the art he is twaddling about being ruined, with the twaddle of the art historian art shrivels and is ruined. Thousands, indeed tens of thousands of art historians wreck art by their twaddle and ruin it, he said. The art historians are the real killers of art, if we listen to an art historian we participate in the wrecking of art, wherever an art historian appears art is wrecked, that is the truth.”
Thomas Bernhard, Old Masters: A Comedy

“The most frequently cited artists and curators travel extensively and there is a real difference in saying whether concepts and other contributions to the current contemporary arts agenda bear a recognizable cultural, or even national, identity.”
Charlotte Bydler

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