Nonfiction
Art & Ways of Seeing
Books that change how you look at images — and the world.
4 books · ranked
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Ways of Seeing
How we look at images, and who benefits; a short, radical book that changed art criticism.
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2
On Photography
What taking and viewing photographs does to us; a brilliant, much-quoted set of essays.
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The Story of Art
The most readable single-volume history of Western art; a classic introduction for everyone.
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Understanding Comics
How comics work as a medium, told in comics form; ingenious and widely admired.