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I’d suggest reading Michael Fried’s “Absorption and Theatricality”. Outward facing subjects are a element used to invite the viewer into the illusionary world of the painting.

The Conversion of St Paul, by Michelangelo Merisi a.k.a Il Caravaggio (1571-1610). Oil on wood, 237x189 cm, 1594-96. Private Collection, Rome, Italy

Michelangelo is my favorite artist, so I've spent an hour or so trying to find as much information as possible. Unfortunately, it seems there isn't a concrete number for the length or the width of the original block that David was carved from.

Two other artists had attempted work on the block before Michelangelo was commissioned in 1501, but we do know that the block was exceptionally narrow. Giorgio Vasari seems to only record the height of the statute in his biography on Michelangelo, but I think that we might be able to come up with an educated guess on the block's depth.

Three years after the completion of David, Michelangelo was commissioned to create a second statue to be placed next to David in front of Palazzo Vecchio. The second statue was to match David in scale, so it may be safe to assume that the dimensions of the block quarried for this second statue were similar to what Michelangelo worked with on David.

The block for the second sculpture was 8 1/2 braccia tall, with a depth of 2 1/2 braccia, which is around 146 cm, or around 4 1/2 feet deep.

This is just pure inference/speculation, but I hope it can give you an idea of what Michelangelo might have worked with. I'm sorry I couldn't have been much more help.

Well I disagree. You're not approaching them on their own terms. If you look at what they were attempting to do, you'll see they succeeded pretty well at it.

Renoir on the other hand is heavily outclassed by the other Impressionists. I wouldn't say he's categorically bad, but he did paint a lot of terrible works.

It really varies on the professor and the school in general. I am an art history major, and my freshman year I was at a larger school (about 20,000) that was more lecture based. My current school (about 3,000) are a lot more discussion based. They survey levels (100 level) were still relatively lecture-based, but definitely gets more participatory as time goes on. Try going on http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ to see if you can find any information about your professors speaking style.

If this is your first art history course, I am going to assume it is a survey. You are basically going to cover a wide variety of works each being representative of a specific area/movement in art and the movements in general.

Here is an excerpt from Gardner's Art Through The Ages by Fred S. Kleiner. In the explanation of Ballet Rehearsal by Edgar Degas it shows an example of how Japanese use of lines influenced his work and below that is an overview of Japanese influence as a whole: Link

Larger image of Ballet Rehersal

Is it this?

My family puts together a jigsaw puzzle every year at Christmas. 2-3 of them have been Brueghels.

Formless: A User Guide, Yve-Alain Bois and Rosalind Krauss

Sagacious reconsiderations of important 20th century works and one of my most favourite utilisations of Bataille. Probably one of my most referenced art specific books.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323330.Formless

I usually end up googling them, just as others described. Try Forvo or Ingolo. I don't know about you, but I've found on occasion that my professor pronounces incorrectly names outside of their language expertise...

It was actually not mention to be horns in his sculpture of Moses. It was for the positioning it was originally suppose to have, it was meant to appear higher up on the pyramid, to bathe in the light from the church windows. He actually designed the piece for a specific location, so when it was moved it looks a bit off. "In the original plan for Julius's huge tomb, Moses would have been high above the floor, in the center of the pyramidal structure. Michelangelo planned to take advantage of the light streaming in from the windows of the dome over the funeral monument. He buffed the face of Moses to make it glow with the reflected rays of the sun's rays, making Moses seem to have divine light were truly shining from his head. --it never had horns. The artist had planned Moses as a masterpiece not only if sculpture, but also 9f special optical effects worthy of any Hollywood movie. For this reason, the piece had to be elevated and facing straight forward, looking in the direction of the front door of the basilica. The two protusions in the head would have been invisible to the viewer looking up from the floor below- the only thing that would have been seen was the light reflected off of them. This is another example of how far ahead of his time Buonarroti was - he had created the Moses as a magnificent site-specific artwork." - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/mobile/w/sistine-secrets-benjamin-blech/1111076290

Second <em>Story of Art</em> by E. H. Gombrich. Together with H. W. Jansen, the cornerstones of any art library.

Amazon book

worldcat library search

EH Gombrich's "The Story of Art" is regarded as a classic: https://www.amazon.com/Story-Art-H-Gombrich/dp/0714832472/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&amp;keywords=eh+gombrich&amp;qid=1627987467&amp;sr=8-3

How Art Made the World

https://www.amazon.com/How-Art-Made-World-Various/dp/B000FFJYCK/ref=pd_aw_fbt_img_1/147-8684103-2376819?pd_rd_w=2Iq1E&amp;pf_rd_p=ed3b9165-27d7-4fae-add1-d7c1f2f2b585&amp;pf_rd_r=WBVW9QEW0BT1EHQR2SXD&amp;pd_rd_r=b959ae0b-e5a2-45e5-b776-12c0cfd8a3b...

I'm getting my info from here, this isn't my comments is a page from the book, I think it's interesting; http://www.barnesandnoble.com/mobile/w/sistine-secrets-benjamin-blech/1111076290 - page 199,200

"He was showing to others "in the know" what he had learned surreptitiously through illegal dissections. The only people who might have recognized the hidden internal organs in the ceiling would have been other seekers of knowledge who had pursued the same forbidden activities. Michelangelo concealed this forbidden evidence of anatomical studies to convey the concept of creation rooted in wisdom; the "brain" of God, so to speak, is the source of humankind's appearance on earth. It's another illustration of an idea stress in the Kabbalah-thr brain is the organ mystically linked to the s'firah of Chochman/Wisdom. Incredibly Michelangelo was aware if an even deeper truth, noted long ago in Kabbalistic thought; it's is not the entire brain that is linked to Wisdom but only it's right hemisphere, exactly the part that Michelangelo painted in this panel. Some experts think that the extra interlocking figured surrounding God are the major brain centers and ganglia (intersections of the nervous system). There's is also a far more fascinating mystical explanation. According to the Talmud, Midrash, and Kabbalah, the drop of semen that impregnates the womb of the women does not originate in the male reproductive system but comes from within the man's brain instead. According to this interpretation, all those figures surrounding the Creator are us, the future descendants of Adam and Eve, waiting to be conceived. That makes all of us direct descendants of God, awaiting birth from his brain- a powerful universalistic concept."

i kinda dug on this one as a good general overview book, interesting that he doesn't mention feminist art whatsoever and ends with YBA. focuses on the anecdotes about artists which is always fun.

i'd also recommend the 1983 Manet exhibition catalogue, as it has pretty useful entries on many of the more prominent paintings and prints.

for Manet, the two volume Rouart/Wildenstein is a good catalogue raisonnée. the first volume is paintings and the second is drawings, pastels, and watercolors.

This would be great to find, I just recently moved to Bellingham to get my certification to teach high school. I tried looking on Meetup.com however found nothing. ;P I'll try stopping by the local art store and see if their employees have heard of any local art groups.

Here are two great longform articles about how the CIA and state department colluded to use abstract expressionist art to combat communist sympathies amongst intellectual circles:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/10/17/unpopular-front

https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/04/23/reviews/000423.23joffet.html

i'm not too sure about the males nudes idea, but i see what you're saying. they might not even have a purpose other than Michelangelo painting what he likes to paint. i wouldn't take my word on this though because i haven't dealt with Michelangelo's paintings in depth.

>also, how different in medium are cartoon and painting and how do they impact the viewer?

cartoons are works in progress rather than a completed piece like a painting. this cartoon would have been used to practice sfumato that Leonardo was well known for or to practice different compositional layouts, so not many people would actually see a cartoon. it is important, however, because the use of paper was a relatively new thing as it wasn't a medium used like today.

> how the culture and the geographical aspects can influence the aesthetic perception in different civilizations and tribes

That's interesting (but really broad, as other users pointed out). Other researchers have looked into it so you can probably find things to read about it.

For example, I saw a conference by Stan Hendrickx about this subject specifically in very-ancient Egypt: he explained what the recurring motives are in egyptian art in the beginning, how they come from the environment (animals, vegetation, and so on) and evolved and were mixed together.

He has an article on the subject which is available on academia.edu: Visual representation and state development in Egypt.

I just came across this on amazon today! Haven’t read it though, but it seems to have good reviews

Artists: Their Lives and Works

Not a book: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/20/behind-the-loathing-of-the-national-endowment-for-the-arts-a-pair-of-despicable-exhibits-almost-30-years-ago/

Book: A War for the Soul of America by Andrew Hartman includes Piss Christ and Mapplethorpe

A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars https://www.amazon.com/dp/022637923X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_92VD12NC1RDC0RZGCHHN

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Archetypal-World-Henry-Moore-Neumann/dp/069109702X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=henry+moore+archetypal&amp;qid=1611930099&amp;sr=8-1 , he also has a book on davinci, all from a Jungian perspective, highly reccomend

I second Gardner's Art through the Ages if you have access to it through a library.

I also recommend a relatively cheap book I got from Barnes & Noble called "Art: A World History" if you want to purchase one (you might also be able to borrow it from a library, not sure, my school didn't have it & it's not a textbook). I find it very easy to navigate, and it's pretty small for how much information it contains.

Edit: here's the Amazon link for &quot;Art: A World History&quot;.

The company that printed it was Flying Fish in Inglewood and they seem to be known for making merchandise like this in the style of Lichtenstein.

I think this is the book one of my professors was obsessing about. Haven't read it myself but I think it fits in your mold.

Nice! You sound like a great partner, lmao I wish my own family would buy me Phaidon books!!

If you want to buy from somewhere else, the Louisiana Museum of Art (in Denmark) has great books as well, and some of them you can find on Amazon. This has been my favorite of theirs — I reread it all the time.

They have a great series of videos on YouTube where they interview contemporary artists and writers, and many of them are photographers. You could always browse those videos to get an idea of which artists might align with your partner’s tastes.

Perhaps Sherry Lindquist and Asa Mittman's book <u>Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders</u> may provide you with some information.

Glad you found the Kren volume on Margaret of York/Visions of Tondal. Dagmar Eichberger's essay perhaps is worth a read from that volume?

Also check the discussions of Jean le Tavernier and Lieven van Lathem, etc. in the 2003 Getty catalog Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe (edited by Thom Kren and Scot McKendrick).

I also can't recall if Susie Nash discusses this iconography in her book Between France and Flanders: Manuscript Illumination in Amiens in the Fifteenth Century, if you're looking for that Perhaps it's worth a look.

*looks up the full picture* thats funnier, but then I saw this https://www.amazon.de/Skulptur-David-Michelangelo-klassischer-Statuen/dp/B001IOG7KE and that was funnier than that...

In another political act of theft Ulay stole Hitler's favorite painting and hung it in the house of a family of Turkish immigrants. He did this “for the reason to bring this whole issue of Turkish discriminated foreign workers into the discussion. To bring into discussion the institute’s marginalization of art."

http://www.openculture.com/2018/03/when-german-performance-artist-ulay-stole-hitlers-favorite-painting.html

Well, yes. This is one of his works but you should also see the série of hand or the gates of hell by Rodin. If you need more details and comparaison there is a nice book about :

Rodin and Michelangelo: A Study in Artistic Inspiration

https://www.amazon.it/Rodin-Michelangelo-Study-Artistic-Inspiration/dp/0876331096

TiL Oshibana

>is the art of using pressed flowers and other botanical materials to create an entire picture from these natural elements. The origin of this art form has been traced to 16th century Japan, but it is now practiced worldwide. The resulting artwork is referred to as an oshibana.
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>As early as the 16th century, Samurai warriors in Japan were said to have created oshibana as one of their disciplines to promote patience, harmony with nature and powers of concentration. Similarly, as botanists in Europe began systematic collection and preservation of specimens, art forms with the pressed plant materials developed, particularly during Victorian times.
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>This art form became popular in the Holy Land in the late 1890s and into the 20th century when elaborate souvenir books combined photographs of the holy sites and the pressed flowers gathered at these sites. These photographs and pressed, dried flowers were artistically formatted and bound between olive wood covers to be sold to visitors. American actress Grace Kelly, during her years as Princess Grace of Monaco, practiced oshibana and helped promote the art of pressed flowers worldwide, employing pressed botanical materials sent to her from abroad. My Book of Flowers, published in 1980, includes chapters on her art.

Wikipedia

Sample dried flowers available commercially

If you don't want to jump into printmaking, you might want to try copying parts (of the black outline) with a narrow-pointed brush pen to see if you can reproduce the effect.

(Something like this: Tombow 62038 Fudenosuke Brush Pen, 2-Pack. Soft and Hard Tip Fudenosuke Brush Pens for Calligraphy and Art Drawings https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M71S9DU/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_TS0RNB5RH1F03KRFE2V1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1)

I have a book called the science of art. Great read. Stupid price on Amazon but perhaps you could dig it up at a library. https://www.amazon.com/Martin-Kemp-Science-Optical-Brunelleschi/dp/B00HTJNA6G

It is amazing! Speaking of YouTube, there are some great channels for art history. Perspective is one of the best for basic knowledge, just lots of great and entertaining docs on a variety of art-related topics.

As for books, one way to approach them is to find a good introduction to a broad topic, then zoom in as you get familiar (say German Expressionism as a topic then getting a book on Kirchner after liking his work in the first book). Or just start with an artist you know and like, and look at who they liked/hated/worked with/rivaled.

In my classes the "step forward," has been shown to represent the step towards enlightenment and establishment within cultural beliefs. A forever advance towards the "light," so to speak. Archaic and Classical Greek work also shows the step forward within statues that marked the graves of those who passed.

Menkaure and Wife is a good example. The wife is shown minutely stepping forward because she is still royalty but Menkaure is shown with a more prominent step and his shoulders still pass her forwards as a figure (she is slightly behind him).

Or the Kouros figures from Archaic Greece.

I was taught the emphasis on the "open eyed/religious gaze," and the "stepping forward," was a pursuit of enlightenment.

Donatello is rumoured to be gay. I wrote a paper on it once, and myself I'm not convinced, but you could include him. Andy Warhol is obvious as well. Keith Haring, Jean Michel Basquiat (not sure?) also come to mind.

Furthermore Jennifer Doyle's essay Queer Wallpaper is an interesting read on the topic, especially about the marginalisation of Warhol's sexuality in American exhibitions.

is anyone going to mention Akhenaton ? I mean if you want to talk about challenging, he basically challenged thousand of years of tradition . It was kinda all in vain seeing as they went right back to their old style once he died but he tried.

Henri Matisse (Taschen Basic Art Series).

This other Taschen one has 96 pages, with over 100 color reproductions: Matisse

If you are a good spokesperson and know how to sell, you can have a great career in galleries. For many jobs like this one, the MA is not necessary. Galleries need someone who can sell art and do daily business logistical operations. Now sure, I am talking about having a career, not about being at the top of the pyramid. A successful career does not equal working for the top 25 anything.

I kept seeing this style of drawing mist, does anyone know where it’s originated and from which ear? (Or who made it famous or created it) https://imgur.com/coRCLHi

Same thing with this stylization Japanese (?) cloud

Rubens: A Portrait by Paul Oppenheimer although GoogleBooks cannot show the copyrighted image.

worldcat entry for book, page 263 figure 5, description pg 161

James Hall's Dictionary of Subjects &amp; Symbols in Art is my go-to book for Christian (and classical) symbolism.

Edit: and I found an ebook version for you

I love the Essential series. They usually introduce one image per page, along with a little blurb about the image and where the artist was in their life at the time. The images are in order of production so by the end of the book, you’ve got a pretty good sense of the artist’s life and life’s work. But again, treat them as a primer - a good launching point for deeper study.

Thanks for the reply!

I'd always understood the sublime to almost represent the opposite of evil? Landscapes glorifying wild nature became possible because people started to view wilderness as evidence of God's majesty rather than the previous conception as places to be feared and conquered. John Muir's Yosemite Valley was hardly a demon-haunted landscape. I don't see much that's sinister, for instance, about Bierstadt's paintings. Or Church's, for that matter.

That said, I'm sure this category is a fruitful place to look. John Martin seems to be somewhere along the right track. At the risk of moving the goalposts, I'm gonna say storms alone aren't sufficient - I'm looking for something a bit more spiritually threatening than just materially?

Friedrich's work seems to define the haunting and foreboding aspect I'm looking for, but he doesn't seem to have intended it that way? I think it's mostly all the ruined churches. . .

Not The Studio Boat or Boat Studio on the Seine??

(Both Monets)

Sorry I made a mistake, it's actually called 'Great Courses'. Check out the five lecture series by William Kloss they are excellent, see here: https://www.thegreatcourses.com/professors/william-kloss/

It's a work in progress. I'll add every idea that people comment. Once again, thank you for your answer.

• I couldn't agree more about the tepidness of the Internet item. Although, I would say "1) Internet art" fits more in the discussion of the role of technology in art, which is a different topic than the technology making the study/research of art (art history) better, faster, wider, etc. Do you agree? On the other hand, I totally agree with your point on "2) Art research". I'm also thinking of Academia.edu, where, for instance, James Elkins is writing a chapter on an open session.

• Agreed on 3D.

• Didn't though about the relation between "online exhibition" and the "white cube" and neither about MOOC. Great suggestions. Can you provide examples for both cases?

• I'll improve the question. ;-)

I think we are achieving a modest but pretty decent document here.

Plate etching will have a plate tone due to excess ink adhering to the copper plate. One could always cheat and use a Q-tip or other utensil to remove ink on a plate's surface to create a highlight, but this would not be uniform across an entire suite of prints.

Instead, printmakers use a burnishing tool to "flatten sections of the plate's surface to stop it from holding any Ink". From Angus Fisher Arts

>This technique can be used to work back into sections of the plate that already hold tone to create lighter areas and highlights. Working over tonal areas such as an aquatint will allow you to achieve unique effects similar to that of a Mezzotint and unconventionally drawing with white on black.

heres a good cheap one

https://www.amazon.ca/Blue-Microphones-Snowball-Condenser-Microphone/dp/B014PYGTUQ/ref=pd\_lpo\_267\_t\_0/134-4530504-7714004?\_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd\_rd\_i=B014PYGTUQ&amp;pd\_rd\_r=8a344ed4-9bdb-421a-a49d-03c6430a86ee&amp;pd\_rd\_w=wKOHR&amp;pd\_r...

Seek out Celia Fisher's work. She's written on flowers and their symbolism in Flemish manuscript borders and flowers in the Renaissance.

I just got this 800 page book on Van Gogh for my birthday, it’s pretty cheap and hardcover! Includes ALL his works! Here’s the link I also just got a book on Frida Kahlo from Urban Outfitters(?!), also cheap and hardcover, as well as her diary! Highly recommend all!

I suppose you may try giving her a Farberger egg - not the real , of , course, but there are a lot of quality made replicas on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071ZV7WHZ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_0XER5P6N1JXZNNK23QSP Have no idea of your budget, the one I mentioned- is around 20 $. Chose the one with an interesting filling: like an emerald frog inside or a black swan. There are month oriented designs- you may choose the month of her birthday. Another option is to present an empty egg - with a space to keep a ring inside it. If she is strongly into history of the Russian Tzar family- choose the blue pallette and golden trim. Hope that helps

Sister Wendy’s Story or Painting is a great introduction. It’s documentary series, which you can find on YouTube here. It was also made into a book.

George Inness and the Visionary Landscape

His name is Gustave Doré. He did the illustrations for Paradise Lost.

If you enjoy his work, then you might be interested in buying this book: Gustave Doré (1832-1883): Master of Imagination https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/2081316439/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_r0WNFb5K6PX9V?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1

Edit; Oh- It seems that this has already been answered. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Thanks. I've seen this piece. I picked up a book off Amazon called Images in Ivory. It was an exhibition the Detroit Institute of Arts focused on ivory carvings and their history and context. Highly recommended.

https://www.amazon.com/Images-Ivory-Precious-Objects-Gothic/dp/0691016119?keywords=images+in+ivory&amp;qid=1537891393&amp;sr=8-2&amp;ref=mp_s_a_1_2

Monet By Himself is part of a really good series that document the Impressionists' biographies through their own words. It is a book of curated letters/diaries/etc written by the artists themselves that offers an insight into their personalities and lives. Quite interesting to read imo.

If you’re looking for a text book, try Honour & Flemming’s ‘A World History of Art’.

Some other good options are Gombrich’s ‘The Story of Art’ and Hatt & Klonks ‘Art History: A critical introduction to it’s methods’

But if you’re after something short Oxford University Press published a series called ‘Very Short Introductions’ which give an overview various subjects, including Art History.

One listed on Research Gate is Reading Knowledge in German: A Course for Art Historians and Archaeologists https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Knowledge-German-Historians-Archaeologists/dp/3503022287

I know there's others. Just Google "[Language] for Art History." I had one for Spanish for my language proficiency test.

He actually never had a "real job", he was independently wealthy from his father's business and holdings. When his father died, he inherited quite a bit of money which enabled him to buy up a lot of now-famous impressionist's works. There is a portion of the Louvre dedicated to his collection. He painted up to the end of his life, at 46 years old.

Gustave Caillebotte by Kirk Varnedoe is about the best one I've seen so far. Very good history and nice color plates, worth the money.

For a similar illustrator of the era, check out Walter Crane! His style is a little more defined, somewhat less cartoonish/linear. This book of illustrated fairy tales is fantastic for any child with a romantic heart. Maybe not at that price but if you can find it elsewhere I highly recommend it.

Yes, you are right it is not available on Amazon UK. It is a pity because there is no flashcard set as comprehensive. The second best I know is the Louvre Art Deck by Anja Grebe: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Louvre-Art-Deck-Anja-Grebe/dp/157912965X/ with 100 works of art (all from the Louvre Museum). I wish the National Gallery has this!

If you're able to get your hands on a copy of this - https://www.amazon.com/Approaches-Art-History-Diana-Scott/dp/0757538878 - very good over view of art history from ancient to modernity. It is a little workbook-y, but a great resource

I took an intro Art History course in undergrad and we used 'After Modern Art: 1945-2000' by David Hopkins. There's apparently a newer edition now that goes up to 2017, though. I also like the Art21 stuff PBS does.

https://www.amazon.com/Art-History-5th-Marilyn-Stokstad/dp/0205873480/ref=pd_sbs_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=0205873480&amp;pd_rd_r=1N7Y9603GHT78CC7V82H&amp;pd_rd_w=lmwLE&amp;pd_rd_wg=5NWEd&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=1N7Y9603GHT78CC7V82H

This is somewhat late and these focus on postwar Japanese art, but I loved these two texts.

Scream Against the Sky, by Alexandra Munroe

From Postwar to Postmodern, Art in Japan, 1945-1989: Primary Documents

I agree with Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting. Definitely start there.

One recent book that I found fascinating is The Shining Inheritance. It's not necessarily about Chinese artists per se, but Italian Jesuit artists who worked during the Qing Dynasty, the most notable example being Giuseppe Catiglione/Lang Shining. It's an interesting study of how Italian artists tailored their work to the tastes of the Qing Court.

The British Museum put out a catalog for this 2013 exhibition, which is worth checking out. Although pricy, it's likely that you could find it at an academic/art library.

oxford university press do a series called 'very short introduction' covering alllll kinds of topics, and the art history one is brilliant, there's also art theory and then others on particular artistic/creative movements - they're really affordable and really easy to read and actually so informative

Head over to Amazon and check out...

https://www.amazon.com/Paul-Gauguin-Ramblings-Wannabe-Ekphrasis/dp/1941701396/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1490626802&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=ramblings+of+a+wannabe+painter

...irreverent and insightful. I wholeheartedly recommend!

Well, you've prompted a purchase! I was recommended that book a few years ago but had forgotten it entirely, so many thanks! The closest I have read, I think, is this.

As a tl;dr where does your recommendation place Lautrec? I'd just like to be reasonably confident it addresses the topic before I purchase it ;)

For more reading, try this or this

https://www.amazon.com/Drawn-Trouble-Confessions-Master-Forger/dp/0679420843 I think this guy wrote two books which were bios about his lifetime in the forgery world. A few years after publication he was found bludgeoned to death in Italy. He mostly did forgeries on paper.

this new book of his notebooks is great http://www.amazon.com/Notebooks-1-1998-99-German-List/dp/0857423096

I think it is pretty interesting to hear his own thoughts in writing. It is very different from reading a scholar or critic writing about his work, but still very informative.

I remember that while doing a research assignment on Andrea Mantegna's "Parnassus" (1497), I found this interesting "tarot" deck: https://images.nga.gov/en/search/do_quick_search.html?q=Tarocchi. And I've recently found out about this: http://www.amazon.com/Mantegna-Tarot-Lo-Scarabeo/dp/0738700916. Hope this helps!

Give this book a shot: &quot;The Empire of the Eye,&quot; by Angela Miller (art historian at Washington University in St. Louis)

Also recommend the thematic books from the Oxford Art History series: here's the one on American art in the 19th century.

Some people dress all in black, others don't. Some people dress their houses all in white with minimalist furniture, others decorate with rich colors, fabrics, textures.

Some publicly owned buildings have decorative purposes, like an art gallery. Other buildings are institutions, like prisons. Corporate buildings may broadcast a message of luxury and beauty from their owners, others broadcast nothing - returning savings to shareholders.

Some cities are new and thriving, others are old and crumbling. Countries are made of all these people with wide varieties of taste and means. Civilization, the global march of 7 billion people, is either advancing, or declining. It all depends on how you look at it. Nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.- Hamlet

I enjoyed this book, The Great Waves of History covering the last 1000 years. Seems to me we are at the precipice of a great crash. Look for beauty and enjoy it while you can.

This is a huge ask. Start here though (below) If you get a masters or phd in art history this will all be required reading and knowledge

http://www.amazon.com/The-Books-that-Shaped-History/dp/0500238952

If you're also interested in Art History as a subject itself you should read James Elkins' Stories of Art. It's very good to help you organize your ideas about the whole discipline and art. The title sounds familiar from previous recommendation in this post exactly because it is an "answer" to Gombrich's The Story of Art, which I also suggest.

There is a talk by Francis Saunders at the National Archives on C-Span.

She is discussing her book on the subject.

I have this book about Egon. The images are fantastic, and the quality of the book is absurd considering its relatively low cost. The majority of the book is high res images but it does have a fairly lengthy biographical section in the front, including some critical responses from the public during his life. I haven't read it in about a yeat so I can't be too specific but I think it's definitely worth the price and I believe you would get some use out of it.

Art Since 1900, its a two parter! I also found this one to be fairly informative, although pretty basic - just a starting point! Modern Art

What version of Android are you running? The app is targeting 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and S3 is listed (by Dev Console) as supported. Maybe it's app search that throws you off - try using the direct link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.belikoff.ArtistADay