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The Story of Art The Story of Art (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 467,943 ratings — published 1950
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Ways of Seeing Ways of Seeing (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as arts)
avg rating 3.94 — 441,497 ratings — published 1972
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as arts)
avg rating 3.96 — 121,428 ratings — published 2002
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as arts)
avg rating 3.96 — 341,209 ratings — published 2012
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The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as arts)
avg rating 3.87 — 382,066 ratings — published 1979
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The Art Book The Art Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as arts)
avg rating 3.86 — 168,012 ratings — published 1997
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as arts)
avg rating 4.34 — 321,435 ratings — published 2000
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The War of Art The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as arts)
avg rating 3.97 — 120,268 ratings — published 2002
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Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as arts)
avg rating 4.10 — 57,736 ratings — published 1988
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What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as arts)
avg rating 4.01 — 14,392 ratings — published 2012
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On Photography On Photography (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as arts)
avg rating 3.87 — 57,516 ratings — published 1973
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The Creative Act: A Way of Being The Creative Act: A Way of Being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as arts)
avg rating 3.95 — 88,945 ratings — published 2023
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Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as arts)
avg rating 4.18 — 130,907 ratings — published 2017
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as arts)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,036,554 ratings — published 2008
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The Letters of Vincent van Gogh The Letters of Vincent van Gogh (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as arts)
avg rating 4.08 — 112,545 ratings — published 1914
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Just Kids Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as arts)
avg rating 4.21 — 362,882 ratings — published 2010
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Art Through the Ages Art Through the Ages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as arts)
avg rating 3.81 — 45,590 ratings — published 1926
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Hamlet Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as arts)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,066,055 ratings — published 1601
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Art and Fear Art and Fear (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as arts)
avg rating 3.77 — 105,666 ratings — published 1994
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All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1) All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as arts)
avg rating 4.06 — 149,580 ratings — published 1992
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 23 times as arts)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,216,520 ratings — published 2009
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History of Beauty History of Beauty (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as arts)
avg rating 3.82 — 67,986 ratings — published 2004
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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as arts)
avg rating 3.88 — 107,819 ratings — published 2007
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Wall and Piece Wall and Piece (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as arts)
avg rating 3.85 — 236,263 ratings — published 2005
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 21 times as arts)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,773,261 ratings — published 2010
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Concerning the Spiritual in Art Concerning the Spiritual in Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as arts)
avg rating 3.83 — 93,320 ratings — published 1912
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The Design of Everyday Things The Design of Everyday Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as arts)
avg rating 4.15 — 48,049 ratings — published 1988
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How Music Works How Music Works (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as arts)
avg rating 4.00 — 28,983 ratings — published 2014
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as arts)
avg rating 3.95 — 75,137 ratings — published 2007
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The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as arts)
avg rating 3.53 — 40,574 ratings — published 2010
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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as arts)
avg rating 4.00 — 132,606 ratings — published 1993
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The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as arts)
avg rating 4.08 — 24,804 ratings — published 1936
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The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as arts)
avg rating 3.89 — 50,226 ratings — published 1995
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Van Gogh: The Life Van Gogh: The Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 19 times as arts)
avg rating 4.17 — 31,619 ratings — published 2011
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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as arts)
avg rating 4.10 — 15,956 ratings — published 2007
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Last Words Last Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as arts)
avg rating 3.97 — 14,814 ratings — published 2009
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My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as arts)
avg rating 3.79 — 112,059 ratings — published 2004
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Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as arts)
avg rating 3.84 — 168,517 ratings — published 2008
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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as arts)
avg rating 3.91 — 28,319 ratings — published 1999
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Leonardo's Notebooks Leonardo's Notebooks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as arts)
avg rating 4.00 — 53,830 ratings — published 1519
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Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as arts)
avg rating 4.08 — 62,118 ratings — published 2014
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Art as Therapy Art as Therapy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as arts)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,666 ratings — published 2013
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Seven Days in the Art World Seven Days in the Art World (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as arts)
avg rating 3.61 — 71,777 ratings — published 2008
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Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as arts)
avg rating 3.99 — 78,518 ratings — published 1980
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Life Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as arts)
avg rating 3.90 — 98,865 ratings — published 2010
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Girl with a Pearl Earring Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as arts)
avg rating 3.93 — 785,588 ratings — published 1999
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (ebook)
by (shelved 17 times as arts)
avg rating 4.09 — 520,194 ratings — published 1968
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Letters to a Young Poet Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as arts)
avg rating 4.27 — 126,061 ratings — published 1929
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Johnny Mnemonic Johnny Mnemonic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as arts)
avg rating 3.79 — 12,267 ratings — published 1981
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The Goldfinch The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as arts)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,054,147 ratings — published 2013
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Leonard Bernstein
“The point is, art never stopped a war and never got anybody a job. That was never its function. Art cannot change events. But it can change people. It can affect people so that they are changed... because people are changed by art – enriched, ennobled, encouraged – they then act in a way that may affect the course of events... by the way they vote, they behave, the way they think.”
Leonard Bernstein

J.G. Ballard
“...the arts and criminality have always flourished side by side.”
J.G. Ballard, Cocaine Nights

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