2026 Reading Challenge

Taschen Basic Genre Series

32 primary works • 32 total works
Dadaism
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3.85 · 233 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 2004 · 21 editions
Detailed introduction to Dadaism with 30 photograp…

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    Futurism
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    3.67     · 83 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2005 · 12 editions
    Inspired by the development of Cubism, the Futuris…

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    Surrealism
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    3.98     · 301 Ratings · 17 Reviews · published 2004 · 20 editions
    Dreamlike, fantastic imagery With Salvador Dalí at…

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    Cubism
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    3.87     · 101 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2004 · 13 editions
    As you'll find out in this guide to the fundamenta…

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    Realism
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    3.88     · 49 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2004 · 11 editions
    Detailed introduction to realism with 30 photograp…

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    Symbolism
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    3.97     · 96 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2009 · 8 editions
    The year 1884 saw the appearance in Paris of a fin…

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    Romanticism
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    3.83     · 100 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1999 · 12 editions
    Harmony between man and nature In a revolt against…

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    Expressionism
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    3.87     · 219 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 1972 · 11 editions
    The transformation of The most significant German …

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    Impressionism
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    4.22     · 217 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2007 · 2 editions
    On April 15th, 1874, in the Parisian studio of pho…

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    Fantastic Art
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    3.70     · 57 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2005 · 7 editions
    This book brings together a colorful mixture of va…

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    Abstract Art
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    4.02     · 82 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2009 · 10 editions
    Covering early Cubism and Futurism, and Op art and…

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    Conceptual Art
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    3.57     · 104 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2005 · 10 editions
    Tracing the issues and concerns of the first gener…

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    Pop Art
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    3.93     · 214 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2004 · 20 editions
    Pop artists of the 1960s, heralded by the Great An…

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    Minimal Art
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    3.61     · 106 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2004 · 18 editions
    Founded as a backlash against abstract expressioni…

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    VIDEO ART
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    3.68     · 60 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 6 editions
    Taschen [Paperback] B004THP4U6 The immediacy and a…

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    Land Art
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    3.85     · 65 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2007 · 6 editions
    Land of The earth as canvas In the mid-60s, …

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    Gothic
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    3.96     · 27 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2006 · 7 editions
    Mysticism of the Middle Ages

    The earliest Gothic a…

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    Rococo
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    3.89     · 35 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2007 · 12 editions
    The dramatic style of the 18th century Emerging ou…

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    Pre-Raphaelites
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    4.25     · 204 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 2010 · 13 editions
    "Genuine ideas to express" Sometimes cons…

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    Romanico
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    3.65     · 17 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2007 · 8 editions
    The first universal style of the European Middle A…

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    Baroque
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    3.89     · 56 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2006 · 11 editions
    Let there be light The Baroque period in painting …

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    Renaissance
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    3.95     · 88 Ratings · 5 Reviews · 8 editions
    The rebirth of culture

    Art as we know it today cou…

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    Islamic Art
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    3.68     · 34 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2009 · 12 editions
    The delicate splendour and fairytale beauty of Isl…

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    Arte egipcio
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    4.12     · 50 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2007 · 13 editions
    El arte del antiguo Egipto que nos ha llegado no m…

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    Roman Art
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    3.95     · 39 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2007 · 10 editions
    For a long time, Roman art was somewhat overshadow…

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    Greek Art
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    4.11     · 38 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2007 · 18 editions
    The birth of the occidental concept of man …

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    African Art
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    3.75     · 20 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2010 · 4 editions
    With examples from every region of the continent, …

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    Icons
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    2.88     · 16 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2008 · 4 editions
    This historical survey covers some one-and-a-half …

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    Portraits
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    3.67     · 15 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2008 · 4 editions
    Beginning in the 14th century and working its way …

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    Self-Portraits
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    3.81     · 52 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2008 · 2 editions
    This work in the Basic Genre series features more …

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    Still Life
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    3.82     · 17 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2008 · 9 editions
    Setting up a still life may take no more than gath…

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    Landscape Painting
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    3.84     · 32 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2008 · 11 editions
    The landscape from Renaissance to Pop The la…

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