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“Thanks to his journals, you might say that he’s as much a literary figure as he is a painterly figure. His journals are extensive and seemingly all-encompassing. I can see how one can draw a terrific amount of inspiration and practical know-how about drawing and painting from what’s in this book.The romanticism of his paintings may appear overblown to a contemporary audience, but everyone can relate to the simplicity of his journals, where we meet him mind-to-mind.” Read more...
The best books on Drawing and Painting
Juliette Aristides, Artists & Art Critic
Our most recommended books
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Ways of Seeing
by John Berger -
The Lives of the Artists
by Giorgio Vasari -
The Moment of Self-Portraiture in German Renaissance Art
by Joseph Leo Koerner -
The Four Books on Architecture (I quattro libri dell'architettura)
by Andrea Palladio -
Leonardo da Vinci: i documenti e le testimonianze contemporanee
by Edoardo Villata -
The Correspondence of John Ruskin and Charles Eliot Norton
by Charles Eliot Norton