2023-05-07
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This is a talk about my passion for art, some of my favourite works of art, and I explain how I started my YouTube channel by accident, with no plan, or technical know-how.
My Patreon is https://www.patreon.com/user?u=53686503 and the two video channels I recommended are The Canvas - https://www.youtube.com/@TheCanvasArtHistory and Amor Sciendi - https://www.youtube.com/@AmorSciendi - Here is a List of books off the top of my head. Please check the description of the book for whether or not it’s your level., and please add recommendations of your own in the replies!
The Thames & Hudson Introduction to Art – several authors
What Great Paintings Say. 100 Masterpieces in Detail – Taschen
The Art Book – Phaidon
The Story of Art by Gombrich
The Power of Art by Simon Schama (or anything by him!)
Ways of Seeing: John Berger (watch his original TV series on YT)
Mary Beard and John Henderson, Classical Art: From Greece to Rome (or anything by Mary Beard)
Michelangelo And The Pope's Ceiling By Ross King (or anything by him)
Princes of the Renaissance by Mary Hollingsworth
How to Enjoy Art – Ben Street
A New Way of Seeing: The History of Art in 57 Works by Kelly Grovier
Interaction of Colour: Josef Albers (on Colour theory)
Art history: A critical introduction to its methods (more theory etc) by Michael Hatt , Charlotte Klonk
Great Art Explained by Thames & Hudson – comes out Autumn 2024 (Early plug haha)
Best, James