Read These ART Books to Make You Cooler Than Others
- Julia Chen
- Oct 4, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 25, 2019
Codex Seraphinianus
In a small room of a dangerous building in Rome, a young architect created this encyclopedia of fantasy world, which was later listed as the "Top Ten Mysterious Book".
With more than a thousand exquisite hand-drawn illustrations and his original unrecognized language and writing system, the author Serafini presented a wonderful world of different dimensions.There are strange animals and plants in the book, as well as fantasy cities and humanities, no wonder, nothing。 Everything was the product of the author's imagination.
The text in this book has not been deciphered till now. But readers can try to get rid of the limit of words and grammar, to feel and associate combining the pictures seen by the eyes. The infinite imagination is the mystery and greatness of this book.
The Book of Miracles
This book was painted during the Renaissance and recorded some unusual natural phenomena. 169 ancient celestial and spectacles painted with watercolors and gouache, sealed for 500 years, were re-published by Taschen since its publication in 1552.
A Bigger Book
The book includes 450 works by David Hockney over 60 years, from his youth at the Bradford School of Art, in the 1960s in London, in the 1970s in Los Angeles, and until today's on iPad. Hockney's work has never been published on such an amazing scale. Opening the book, the blue, pink, green and orange flutter like a flame, making people deeply fascinated by the artist's vitality and extraordinary perception of the world.
Andy Warhol "Giant" Size
This book is one of Phaidon's best-selling catalogues. It uses more than 2,000 illustrations, including works of art and rare images information, to present Andy Warhol's entire artistic career. In addition, there are a large number of texts introduction in the book, and interviews with warhol's close friends to help you better understand the life of this modern art master.
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