@theculturedump: Books to get you started with Art History! 1. John Berger, Ways of Seeing (1972) 2. Katy Hessel, The Story of Art Without Men (2022) 3. James Fox, The World According to Colour (2021) 4. T. J. Clark, The Sight of Death: An Experiment in Art Writing (2006) 5. Anne Sheppard, Aesthetics: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art (1987) #arthistory #BookTok #readinglist #personalcurriculum #culture
Not a book, but Linda Nochlin‘s “Why Have There Been No Great Woman Artists?” is literally the reason I changed my major to art history. That essay literally changed my life.
2025-12-10 06:01:27
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☠️🖤⚓️ :
Did modern art history as A level - lectures flew by….
2026-04-21 19:52:16
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LengenDee :
Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies by Catherine McCormack and The Whole Picture by Alice Proctor should also be on that list!
2025-12-08 00:49:56
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Dr Clementine 🎥💄 :
I love Ways of Seeing so much! I’m always recommend it to my students because it’s so engaging and still relevant
2025-12-04 10:34:41
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Apple User727225187 :
I need to start a library 🥹
2025-12-04 10:29:16
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SpookyPeanut :
French here, do you truly get none at all in your "standard" curriculum ? We don't get a dedicated subject but parts of the curricula in both arts and history class all throughout middle and highschool do touch on it, having none at all seems insane.
2025-12-07 08:17:50
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𝔰𝔞𝔯𝔞 𓍯 :
In the vein of Ways of Seeing, I’d also suggest The Shock of the New by Robert Hughes
2025-12-06 12:02:52
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Doctor B :
Anne D’Alleva and Michael Cothren’s Fundamentals of Art History is a good “why we study art history—and how to approach the study” primer.
2025-12-04 14:01:22
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avsidom :
I got the Katy Hessel book because of this Tiktok! It's so good and omg all those women artists and their struggle and talents
2026-01-15 18:07:26
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ANGIE :
Civilisation by Kenneth Clark could be included!
2025-12-04 20:45:17
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LastTrick :
Do you have a recommended reading list for art appreciation/criticism?
2025-12-09 10:37:35
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readerstorm :
If anyone had told me (before discovering your channel) that I’ll one day be reading books on art history, I would have laughed. Seriously! But don’t mind me…I’m just off to my library to go check these out 😂❤️
2025-12-04 16:39:09
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Roxxi Jaxx :
YES I’ve always been interested in learning about art history but it seemed so intimidating (there’s soooo much information). Thank you for this!
2025-12-04 11:44:44
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Caroline Chessia :
Exactly what I need !!
2025-12-05 15:14:07
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Atlantis :
Good morning!
2025-12-04 10:28:43
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Adelé :
Thank you for these - I’ve added a few to my TBR! Big love to your gorgeous nail art too 🤩
2025-12-04 11:13:22
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Alyssa Shang Li :
When the recs are also listed in the caption 🛐
2025-12-11 01:34:34
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kri :
instant follow ✨✨✨
2025-12-07 09:11:39
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Priya Brar :
Coming from your personal curriculum video- how would you create a “curriculum” for art history? I feel like this is a topic I am interested in but there’s so much so I don’t know where to start!
2025-12-22 16:44:01
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akva :
just for reference if anyone's gonna pick up ways of seeing by berger, it's not quite historically accurate despite claiming to be about history. it is just an essay, take it as an essay and not an authority.
2026-01-08 20:47:37
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Collected Works :
Ok wow I even studied art history and I’ve only read one of these. Thank you for creating an absolutely excellent primer. I will essentially be creating a self study course out of these 😆
2025-12-04 18:35:53
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carson ✨ :
I did a conference presentation on ways of seeing for its 50th anniversary a couple yrs ago!! It definitely is a luxury field but i love being an art historian so much. This is a great list ♥
2025-12-06 06:32:13
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ane_les :
what masters did you do?
2025-12-18 13:46:57
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