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Behind every masterpiece lies a captivating story of creation, discovery, or deception in the high-stakes world of fine art. These compelling accounts transport readers into the studios, galleries, and underground markets where art history's greatest mysteries and scandals have unfolded.

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The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media Summary
The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media
by Walter Benjamin 1936 448 pages
4.08
23k+ ratings
Philosophy
Art
Essays
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol Summary
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
by Andy Warhol 1975 272 pages
3.84
47k+ ratings
Art
Philosophy
Biography
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark Summary
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark
The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
by Don Thompson 2008 272 pages
3.87
5k+ ratings
Art
Economics
Business
Philosophy of Art Summary
Philosophy of Art
A Contemporary Introduction
by Noël Carroll 1999 288 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Art
Reference
The Lost Painting Summary
The Lost Painting
The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
by Jonathan Harr 2005 320 pages
3.86
34k+ ratings
Art
History
Art History
The Art Spirit Summary
The Art Spirit
by Robert Henri 1929 284 pages
3.93
23k+ ratings
Art
Philosophy
Art History
The Art of the Con Summary
The Art of the Con
The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World
by Anthony M. Amore 2015 264 pages
3.55
1k+ ratings
Art
True Crime
History
History of Modern Art Summary
History of Modern Art
by H. Harvard Arnason 1968 848 pages
4.00
8k+ ratings
Art
Art History
History
Art as Therapy Summary
Art as Therapy
by Alain de Botton 2013 240 pages
4.08
4k+ ratings
Art
Philosophy
Psychology
Eye of the Beholder Summary
Eye of the Beholder
Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing
by Laura J. Snyder 2015 448 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
History
Science
Art
Concerning the Spiritual in Art Summary
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
by Wassily Kandinsky 1912 80 pages
3.84
89k+ ratings
Art
Philosophy
Art History
Provenance Summary
Provenance
How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
by Laney Salisbury 2009 327 pages
3.92
6k+ ratings
Art
True Crime
History
Leonardo and the Last Supper Summary
Leonardo and the Last Supper
by Ross King 2012 336 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
History
Art
Biography
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