Have you always wanted to learn more about art history?
Here are my recommended reading lists based on your interests.
If you want an overview of art history…
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Ways of Seeing
John Berger
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Mirror of the World
Julian Bell
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A World History of Art
John Fleming & Hugh Honour
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But is it art?
Cynthia Freeland
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The Story of Art
E. H. Gombrich
If you want to learn more about contemporary art and the commercial art market…
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Inside the White Cube
Brian O’Doherty
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How to Write About Contemporary Art
Gilda Williams
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The Art of Buying Art
Alan Bamberger
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Who's Afraid of Contemporary Art?
Kyung An and Jessica Cerasi
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Seven Days in the Art World
Sarah Thornton
If you want different perspectives on art history…
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Women, Art, And Power And Other Essays
Linda Nochlin
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Old Mistresses: Women, Art and Ideology
Rozsika Parker & Griselda Pollock
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Women in the Picture
Catherine McCormack
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Orientalism
Edward Said
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The Whole Picture
Alice Procter
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