ART BOOK ARTS PLEASE

>>7704055
I peeked into this just yesterday and saw that norton's "history of western art" is supposed to be like the bible of art history.

Besides that I can't help, but I'm also interested in this and hope someone else will know more.

gombrich - story of art

>>7704152

is good

Jansen 's history of art is also good

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>>7704127
>>7704152

Good beginning. Anything out on modern-era art that's considered a classic, yet? I'm thinking 1970's-2010's, or anything more recent.

I'm also, again, excited to hear about anything else anyone has to offer.

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>>7704152
Fuck that lad:

Gardener's Art through the Ages: A Global History (you can get the 13th edition for about £40-£60 - pretty cheap)

Covers all periods, and all corners of the earth. Also covers architecture, and has a very extensive bibliography. (I can take a pic of part of it of you want)

Here's an example page.

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>>7704223
>>7704223
Size comparison.

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>>7704233
Also covers historical/cultural context.

>>7704233

those are some stubby fingers

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>>7704238
Covers from the early...

>>7704245
I've got a good deadlift tho lad

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>>7704250
To the much later.

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>>7704258
Bibliography example.

>>7704233
I would "fuck" your fat fingers to be truthful.

>>7704301
They ain't fat lad, just strong.

I Started with the Greeks.

>>7704055
Defining Russian graphic art from Diaghilev to Stalin. Rosenberg

>>7704191
After Modern Art: 1945-2000 Oxford University Press if you want pictures.

If you want art theory, manifestos, and crit, there's two massive books: Art in Theory 1900-2000, by Harrison and Wood (which will probably get updates since it used just run to 1990 when originally published), and Art in Theory 1815-1900 by Harrison and Gaiger. You can find both of them cheap enough for books that probably weigh more than you.

>>7704189
Stokstad is better and more established than Jansen.

>>7704191
If you like Lucian Freud I can recommend Man With a Blue Scarf: On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucian Freud by Martin Gayford.
It's insightful into the technique of Freud, and also very comfy and anecdotal.
In this line is also David Sylvester's interviews with Francis Bacon.
Gilles Deleuze also wrote a book on Francis Bacon, which is rather famous, but it's most likely complete nonsense.

I'm the early poster who could only suggest the Norton history--thanks to everyone for helping! You guys have offered a far better foothold for art history than I had just a few hours ago.

>>7705498
This isn't really an ideal introductory selection because it lacks a short primer on general art history, tour de forces, specific studies on major periods, and artist-specific texts, but if we helped that's good enough right?

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Art Since 1900 by pic related
Exhaustive , will full color plates, 2 volumes

>>7705572
I've been looking for something like this for years, fucking thank you, anon.

>>7705584
No sweat, senpai.

>>7705511
So what would you recommend for that kind of brief introductory text, and the other emphases you mentioned?

>>7705643

jansen or gombrich are good overviews, beyond that it depends what periods/artists you like and if you care about theory, composition etc

i don't think anon really knows what theyre on about m8

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Thanks for all of the replies. I'll be delving into this new reading list soon.

As an aside, what websites do y'all use to purchase books from? I've been given to Amazon, but lately I'm thinking about trying to buy from other sources.

>>7705784


literally the second and third response to this thread