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Art history

The best books on art history, ranked by quality.

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    Henry Moore David Sylvester, Henry Moore, John Hedgecoe, Alan Bowness, Herbert Edward Read, Ann Garrould · 1934
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (18 ratings)
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    Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh, Colta Ives, Sjraar van Heugten, Marije Vellekoop, Ingo F. Walther, Rainer Metzger, Louis van Tilborgh, Johannes von Uitert, Schapiro, Meyer · 1914
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (21 ratings)
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    Van Gogh Federico Zeri · 1937
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (4 ratings)
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    The story of art. E. H. Gombrich · 1950
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (16 ratings)
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    History of art H. W. Janson, H.W Janson, H. W Janson, H. W. Janson, Horst Woldemar JANSON, Anthony F. Janson, H. W. Janson · 1962
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (6 ratings)
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    Andy Warhol Andy Warhol · 1967
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (4 ratings)
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    Janson's history of art H. W. Janson, Penelope J. E. Davies, Walter B. Denny, Frima Fox Hofrichter, Joseph F. Jacobs, Ann M. Roberts, David L. Simon · 2006
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (4 ratings)
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    Art Frederick Hartt, Rosenthal · 1969
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (3 ratings)
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    Ways of seeing John Berger · 1972
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (20 ratings)
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    Art Marilyn Stokstad, Margaret A. Oppenheimer · 1995
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (4 ratings)
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    Bauhaus, 1919-1933 Magdalena Droste, Bauhaus Archiv · 1990
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3 ratings)
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    Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci, Kunster, Erfinder, Wissenschaftler, Michael Desmond, Carlo Pedretti · 1946
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (39 ratings)
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    Art through the ages Helen Gardner · 1926
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (2 ratings)
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    Leonardo Da Vinci Walter Isaacson, Jordi Ainaud i Escudero, Beruryah Ben Barukh · 2017
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (28 ratings)
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    What Is Art? Лев Толстой · 1898
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.3 (3 ratings)
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