Author/[America] Jamie James Press/Hunan Fine Arts Press
Always feel that art is far away from ordinary people? Then maybe this "pop art" is your dish! "Pop art", also known as brainless art, is good at blending beautiful things together and then striking your eyes with color matching with great visual impact! This book directly, simply and rudely interprets the most important four-day works in the history of pop art, and with large-size full-color pictures, you can get a very simple and aesthetic happiness!
Douban score 8. 1
The boastful history of western art
Author/Yi Gongzi Publishing House/Hainan Publishing House
The essence of more than 30,000 years of western art history, from the origin of art, the source of western civilization, through Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassicism, to Romanticism, Impressionism, and even contemporary art after the 20th century, these various schools, artists and masterpieces are connected one by one through Ziyi's relaxed and interesting interpretation. The book is rich in exquisite pictures and keyword index appendices to meet your different reading needs. Here you can not only learn the basic knowledge in the field of art, but also find ways to appreciate works of art. You deserve this minimalist art history.
Douban score 7.7
This is Matisse.
Author/[English] Catherine Ingram Publishing House/Tianjin People's Publishing House
A classic of artistic enlightenment suitable for readers of all ages. Matisse, the leader of Fauvism painters, likes to use extremely bright color blocks in his paintings to release the vitality of animals. He described his work like this. My job seems to be a comfort, like a stabilizer, or like a suitable easy chair, which can eliminate his fatigue. Look through this book and see the works of this great god. You will be cured in art and feel the fresh and flowing life energy in still life painting! You will be deeply impacted by the most authentic and wild beauty of life vitality!
Douban score 7.9
Dadaism and Surrealism
Author/[English] Matthew Gail Publishing House/Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House
This art history is about Dadaism, the most deviant school in western art (surrealism is an extension of Dadaism), which rejects traditional aesthetics, even conventions, and pursues the free release of strange themes, disorderly colors, incomprehensible poems and sculptures with unique connotations. Understand the rebellious trend of modern art in the 20th century with professionals, show artists' whimsy, appreciate eclectic artistic creation, and appreciate the face and connotation of Dadaism and Surrealism.
Douban score 9.3
The birth of Kandinsky's abstract art
Author/[France] Sylvie Gillard-Lagos Publishing House/Beijing United Publishing Company
Kandinsky, the pioneer of abstract art! He is the first artist to combine ethereal individual feelings with real colors in painting! Chinese national geography's masterpiece has collected more than 60 of his works from major art galleries around the world, and interpreted them, so as to completely unveil the veil of abstract art for you! Don't worry about not understanding abstract works, because "you don't need any knowledge to read Kandinsky's works, just stare for a long time, and natural imagination will take you to understand the mystery of that world."
Douban score 9.2
Impressionist art
Author/[Germany] Ingo Walter Publishing House/Beijing Fine Arts Photography Publishing House The most sought-after and expensive famous paintings in the world are basically impressionist works. Where is the beauty of that famous impressionist art? This masterpiece of Douban 9.0 can solve all your puzzles simply and directly! Based on the French impressionist art history, it comprehensively shows 236 impressionist artists and their works, from Monet to Gauguin, from Paul to forbidden Gauguin, and shows you their masterpieces with the stories behind them! The printing of this book comes from Taschen, an ancient art publishing house. The restoration of famous paintings is extremely realistic, and there are well-known artists in the book to explain and take you to understand the art world!
Douban score 9.0