Art and Design

Books to read and reference for Art and Design

  • Ways of Seeing by John Berger

  • About Looking by John Berger

  • The Art Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

  • Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction by Cynthia Freeland

  • The Lives of Artists by Giorgio Vasari

  • A Short Guide to Writing about Art by Sylvan Barnet

  • ABC's of Art by Sabrina Hahn

  • Arguing about Art by Alex Neill

  • How to Write about Contemporary Art by Gilda Williams

  • The Art Book for Children by Phaidon Press

  • Art and How it Work: An Introduction to Art for Children

  • Playing to the Gallery: Helping Contemporary Art in its Struggle to Be Understood by Grayson Perry