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This was an incredible book, but a total sausage fest.

It gets ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for being an inspiring, colourful, accessible, engaging volume, and for giving me a grounding in art knowledge that I didn't think possible from one book.

Art is discussed from a Eurocentric position, only ONE female artist is featured and some of the language is culturally insensitive to the modern ear, but this remains an outstanding work.

Thirsty for more now!

Suet624 Glad you got so much out of this! 2w

Branwen Oooooh this sounds lovely! 💕 2w

RaeLovesToRead @Suet624 @Branwen I adored it. I feel really guilty because I'm now reading The Story of Art Without Men and I'm missing Gombrich's enthusiasm and zeal. He made me care about some truly iffy paintings!!!! Shame it was so bloke-heavy 😅 2w

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RaeLovesToRead

The Story of Art | E. H. Gombrich

Educating ourselves on the history of art.

Pickles says that whilst appreciating the vitality of Rubens' work, she finds it a bit grainy and aesthetically prefers the softness in the portraiture of Raphael...

Just kidding. She's a philistine.

#picklescat #catsoflitsy

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 4w

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Hey Pickles 🐾😽 4w

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RaeLovesToRead

The Story of Art | E. H. Gombrich

Trying to read about the history of art when a wild Circlefloof appeared 😐

#picklescat #catsoflitsy

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awww sweet Pickles 🐾❤️ 1mo

Jari-chan 😻😻😻 1mo

Soubhiville Pickles! 🥒💚 1mo

Ruthiella Pickles recommends you take a nap instead. 😻 1mo

dabbe Pickles: “Mom, see my arse? Means I want the book gone and attention paid to moi!“ #preciouspickles 🖤🐾🖤 1mo

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LapReader

A Concise History of Modern Painting | Herbert Read

Today‘s scores from the Little Free Library on the way to my 3 hrs of ballet. It‘s going to be a lovely day. It‘s warm already. On my walk home I‘ll visit another book swap. Then I have nothing to do for the rest of the weekend but I will grab a chai, go to the beach, drink champagne in my pjs and cook up a storm ready for more work lunches and ballet dinners. I suppose I best do a bit of housework too 😢 eg change the sheets.

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Susanita

Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters | Claude Monet

The Monet exhibit was wonderful!

Bookwormjillk Was it the one where they project it all around the room? 1mo

Susanita @Bookwormjillk Yes! It‘s at the same place that had the Van Gogh exhibit earlier. 1mo

Bookwormjillk @Susanita I saw that in Asheville and loved it. Such a different experience. 1mo

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Chrissyreadit I‘m sorry glad!!! 1mo

Chrissyreadit not sorry- SO! I bet it was gorgeous 1mo

Susanita @Chrissyreadit I wondered! 😆 It was beautiful. 1mo

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RaeLovesToRead

The Story of Art | E. H. Gombrich

I'm getting a bit of a whistle-shop tour of the history of architecture with The Story of Art.

Gombrich explains things in a simplified, narrative way that makes it easy to understand. I'm hoping this will help me when I go back to the more complicated books on architecture that I was struggling to digest.

I'm looking forward to getting to the paintings though.

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Susanita

Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters | Claude Monet