The Art Book - Editors of Phaidon Press • BookLikes (ISBN:0714836257)

The Art Book

by: Editors of Phaidon Press (author)

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Winner of the Illustrated Book of the Year award in 1994, The Art Book has become a publishing phenomenon and a well-known event in the art book world. Reduced in size, making it light and highly portable, this new mini edition presents the same easy-to-use alphabetical guide to 500 of the... show more

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780714836256 (0714836257)

ASIN: 0714836257

Publish date: 1997-04-17

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Pages no: 515

Edition language: English

Category:

Non Fiction, History, Reference, Art, Art And Photography, Design, Photography, Art Design, Architecture, Art History

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Arbie's Unoriginally Titled Book Blog rated it

5 years ago

http://arbieroo.booklikes.com Arbie's Unoriginally Titled Book Blog 4.0 The Art Book

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So if you re-titled this, "The (Almost Entirely Western) Painting and Sculpture (14th - 20th Century) Book, you'd know what you're in for - but it's not exactly pithy. Only the "Painting and Sculpture" part is openly acknowledged by the editors. The rest is deduced from what actually appears in the ...

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Lisa (Harmony) rated it

11 years ago

http://LisaMariaC.booklikes.com Lisa (Harmony) 5.0 The Art Book

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I was required to take an art appreciation class in college to graduate--and I loved it! So getting this book was a natural follow-up. It won Illustrated Book of the Year and is in the Top Five Popular Art Books on Goodreads. As stated in the introduction, this book is "an A to Z guide to 500 great ...

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Lavinia rated it

16 years ago

http://Lavinia.booklikes.com Lavinia 4.0

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Remember how this book was seen throughout the whole Friends series? First at Central Perk, then at Monica's. Now it's on my shelf, thanks to Patty :) It's actually a nice read if you're into arts and stuff, and of course I cannot brag for reading it, rather browsed through.

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