Languages of Art

by Nelson Goodman

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Languages of Art

by Nelson Goodman

Recommendations from our site

Our most recommended books

The Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari

Ways of Seeing by John Berger

Image on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Art by Michael Camille

The Art of Forgery by Noah Charney

The Arts and Man by Raymond S. Stites

The Sublime: A Study of Critical Theories in XVIII-Century England by Samuel Monk

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The Lives of the Artists
by Giorgio Vasari

Ways of Seeing
by John Berger

Image on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Art
by Michael Camille

The Art of Forgery
by Noah Charney

The Arts and Man
by Raymond S. Stites

The Sublime: A Study of Critical Theories in XVIII-Century England
by Samuel Monk