is this /his/ approved?

>>3348587

Phaidon is a very good art book publisher so they've got that going for them. I've liked their stuff better than Taschen, as one brand comparison.

I've heard of the book obviously but I haven't read it so I don't have an informed opinion.

>>3348947
>Phaidon
interesting. Any /his/art/ related books you'd recommend from them

>>3348972

Yes. Around the turn of the millenium, Phaidon produced a series of excellent art books which spurred my interest in art history. They helped me to appreciate art, and in response the parents took me to a big art museum as a teenager and to this day I still visit art museums periodically as a hobby.

The format of these phaidon books was/is: "The ______ Book", taking some major over-arching topic in the arts. Examples:

The Art Book
The American Art Book
The 20th Century Art Book
The Movie Book
The Photo(graphy) book

These are the five that I own in their full versions. I even got some at 20bux half price, back when. Other instances of the series include the Fashion book, the Garden book, and maybe some others. They've been re-pressed in smaller versions, but the originals are large and tits.

The basic premise is: pick 500 creators on the major theme, arrange alphabetically, give "links" in the book to similar creators contained in the same book, do a paragraph or two with hints of what they're all about, and then just give one great big plate of the representative work. These books did loads to get me to like art more.

>>3349008
Alright! thx buddy