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The Salon of 1846 by Charles Baudelaire

The Salon of 1846

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Charles Baudelaire

112 pages • first pub 1846 (editions)

nonfiction art history dark medium-paced
The Psychology of an Art Writer by Vernon Lee

The Psychology of an Art Writer

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Vernon Lee

72 pages • first pub 1903 (editions)

nonfiction art psychology informative reflective medium-paced
Mad about Painting by Katsushika Hokusai

Mad about Painting

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Katsushika Hokusai

168 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction art essays
Visions and Ecstasies: Selected Essays by Hilda Doolittle

Visions and Ecstasies: Selected Essays

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Hilda Doolittle

92 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction art essays literary
The Critic as Artist by Oscar Wilde

The Critic as Artist

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Oscar Wilde

144 pages • first pub 1890 (editions)

nonfiction art classics essays philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
Photography and Belief by David Levi Strauss

Photography and Belief

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David Levi Strauss

104 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction art informative reflective medium-paced
Something Close to Music: Late Art Writings, Poems, and Playlists by John Ashbery

Something Close to Music: Late Art Writings, Poems, and Playlists

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John Ashbery

184 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction art essays poetry reflective medium-paced
Giotto and His Works in Padua by John Ruskin

Giotto and His Works in Padua

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John Ruskin

184 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction art classics challenging reflective slow-paced
The Cathedral Is Dying by Auguste Rodin

The Cathedral Is Dying

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Auguste Rodin

96 pages • first pub 1914 (editions)

nonfiction art history reflective medium-paced
Duchamp's Last Day by Donald Shambroom

Duchamp's Last Day

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Donald Shambroom

64 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction art biography reflective medium-paced