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Art Book Summaries

The Artist's Way Workbook
by Julia Cameron • 2006
4.27
1k+
Writing
Art
Self Help
The Artist's Way Workbook Summary
The Artist's Way Workbook
by Julia Cameron 2006 178 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Writing
Art
Self Help
Perspective Made Easy
by Ernest R. Norling • 1939
4.26
2k+
Art
Drawing
Reference
Perspective Made Easy Summary
Perspective Made Easy
by Ernest R. Norling 1939 224 pages
4.26
2k+ ratings
Art
Drawing
Reference
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark
by Don Thompson • 2008
The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
3.87
6k+
Art
Economics
Business
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
6k+ ratings
Art
Economics
Business
Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters
by Michael Tierno • 2002
Storytelling Secrets from the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization
3.84
500+
Writing
Film
Philosophy
Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters Summary
Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters
Storytelling Secrets from the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization
by Michael Tierno 2002 192 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
Writing
Film
Philosophy
Room to Dream
by David Lynch • 2018
4.39
9k+
Biography
Film
Memoir
Room to Dream Summary
Room to Dream
by David Lynch 2018 577 pages
4.39
9k+ ratings
Biography
Film
Memoir
The Freelance Manifesto
by Joey Korenman • 2017
A Field Guide for the Modern Motion Designer
4.52
500+
Design
Business
Art Design
The Freelance Manifesto Summary
The Freelance Manifesto
A Field Guide for the Modern Motion Designer
by Joey Korenman 2017 360 pages
4.52
500+ ratings
Design
Business
Art Design
The Art Thief
by Michael Finkel • 2023
A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
3.92
100k+
True Crime
Art
History
The Art Thief Summary
The Art Thief
A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
by Michael Finkel 2023 224 pages
3.92
100k+ ratings
True Crime
Art
History
Visual Intelligence
by Amy E. Herman • 2016
Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life
4.10
2k+
Psychology
Self Help
Art
Visual Intelligence Summary
Visual Intelligence
Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life
by Amy E. Herman 2016 341 pages
4.10
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Art
Logos that Last
by Allan Peters • 2023
How to Create Iconic Visual Branding
4.21
253
Design
Business
Art
Logos that Last Summary
Logos that Last
How to Create Iconic Visual Branding
by Allan Peters 2023 208 pages
4.21
253 ratings
Design
Business
Art
Logo Design Love
by David Airey • 2011
A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities
4.2
4k+
Design
Business
Art
Logo Design Love Summary
Logo Design Love
A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities
by David Airey 2011 220 pages
4.2
4k+ ratings
Design
Business
Art
Brunelleschi's Dome
by Ross King • 1999
How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
3.91
28k+
History
Art
Architecture
Brunelleschi's Dome Summary
Brunelleschi's Dome
How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
by Ross King 1999 192 pages
3.91
28k+ ratings
History
Art
Architecture
Becoming a Writer
by Dorothea Brande • 1934
4
6k+
Writing
Reference
Self Help
Becoming a Writer Summary
Becoming a Writer
by Dorothea Brande 1934 129 pages
4
6k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Self Help
The Art of Creative Thinking
by Rod Judkins • 2015
4.00
2k+
Self Help
Design
Art
The Art of Creative Thinking Summary
The Art of Creative Thinking
by Rod Judkins 2015 288 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Design
Art
Information Is Beautiful
by David McCandless • 2001
4.12
3k+
Design
Reference
Science
Information Is Beautiful Summary
Information Is Beautiful
by David McCandless 2001 256 pages
4.12
3k+ ratings
Design
Reference
Science
Imagine
by Jonah Lehrer • 2012
How Creativity Works
3.98
54k+
Psychology
Science
Business
Imagine Summary
Imagine
How Creativity Works
by Jonah Lehrer 2012 279 pages
3.98
54k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
Producer to Producer
by Maureen Ryan • 2010
A Step-By-Step Guide to Low-Budgets Independent Film Producing
4.23
338
Film
Art
Producer to Producer Summary
Producer to Producer
A Step-By-Step Guide to Low-Budgets Independent Film Producing
by Maureen Ryan 2010 350 pages
4.23
338 ratings
Film
Art
How Music Works
by David Byrne • 2014
4.00
28k+
Music
History
Art
How Music Works Summary
How Music Works
by David Byrne 2014 345 pages
4.00
28k+ ratings
Music
History
Art
Make Good Art
by Neil Gaiman • 2013
4.28
9k+
Art
Writing
Essays
Make Good Art Summary
Make Good Art
by Neil Gaiman 2013 80 pages
4.28
9k+ ratings
Art
Writing
Essays
Anita de Monte Laughs Last
by Xóchitl González • 2024
3.78
49k+
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Mystery
Anita de Monte Laughs Last Summary
Anita de Monte Laughs Last
by Xóchitl González 2024 342 pages
3.78
49k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Mystery
How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul
by Adrian Shaughnessy • 2005
3.98
5k+
Design
Art Design
Art
How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul Summary
How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul
by Adrian Shaughnessy 2005 160 pages
3.98
5k+ ratings
Design
Art Design
Art
Pixar Storytelling
by Dean Movshovitz • 2017
Rules for Effective Storytelling Based on Pixar’s Greatest Films
3.95
500+
Writing
Art
Business
Pixar Storytelling Summary
Pixar Storytelling
Rules for Effective Storytelling Based on Pixar’s Greatest Films
by Dean Movshovitz 2017
3.95
500+ ratings
Writing
Art
Business
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters
by Peter Korn • 2013
The Education of a Craftsman
3.73
1k+
Philosophy
Art
Memoir
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters Summary
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters
The Education of a Craftsman
by Peter Korn 2013 176 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Art
Memoir
The How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci Workbook
by Michael J. Gelb • 1999
Your Personal Companion to How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci
3.87
407
Self Help
Art
Reference
The How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci Workbook Summary
The How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci Workbook
Your Personal Companion to How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci
by Michael J. Gelb 1999 288 pages
3.87
407 ratings
Self Help
Art
Reference
How to use graphic design to sell things, explain things, make things look better, make people laugh, make people cry, and (every once in a while) change the world
by Michael Bierut • 2015
4.32
1k+
Design
Art Design
Art
How to use graphic design to sell things, explain things, make things look better, make people laugh, make people cry, and (every once in a while) change the world Summary
How to use graphic design to sell things, explain things, make things look better, make people laugh, make people cry, and (every once in a while) change the world
by Michael Bierut 2015 320 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Design
Art Design
Art
The Artist's Journey
by Steven Pressfield • 2018
The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning
4.13
1k+
Writing
Art
Self Help
The Artist's Journey Summary
The Artist's Journey
The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning
by Steven Pressfield 2018 194 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
Writing
Art
Self Help
Hertzian Tales
by Anthony Dunne • 1999
Electronic Products, Aesthetic Experience, And Critical Design
4.26
125
Design
Art
Technology
Hertzian Tales Summary
Hertzian Tales
Electronic Products, Aesthetic Experience, And Critical Design
by Anthony Dunne 1999 174 pages
4.26
125 ratings
Design
Art
Technology
The Writing Life
by Annie Dillard • 1989
3.98
18k+
Writing
Memoir
Essays
The Writing Life Summary
The Writing Life
by Annie Dillard 1989 111 pages
3.98
18k+ ratings
Writing
Memoir
Essays
The Art of Creative Thinking
by Rod Judkins • 2015
89 Ways to See Things Differently
4.00
2k+
Self Help
Design
Art
The Art of Creative Thinking Summary
The Art of Creative Thinking
89 Ways to See Things Differently
by Rod Judkins 2015 205 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Design
Art
The Art of the Con
by Anthony M. Amore • 2015
The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World
3.54
1k+
Art
True Crime
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
3.54
1k+ ratings
Art
True Crime
History
Design Thinking
by Nigel Cross • 2011
Understanding How Designers Think and Work
3.55
315
Design
Business
Art
Design Thinking Summary
Design Thinking
Understanding How Designers Think and Work
by Nigel Cross 2011 192 pages
3.55
315 ratings
Design
Business
Art
Drawing on the Artist Within
by Betty Edwards • 1986
4.06
7k+
Art
Drawing
Reference
Drawing on the Artist Within Summary
Drawing on the Artist Within
by Betty Edwards 1986 256 pages
4.06
7k+ ratings
Art
Drawing
Reference
Real Artists Don't Starve
by Jeff Goins • 2017
Timeless Strategies for
3.98
3k+
Business
Writing
Art
Real Artists Don't Starve Summary
Real Artists Don't Starve
Timeless Strategies for
by Jeff Goins 2017 240 pages
3.98
3k+ ratings
Business
Writing
Art
The Right to Write
by Julia Cameron • 1998
An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
4.07
6k+
Writing
Self Help
Reference
The Right to Write Summary
The Right to Write
An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
by Julia Cameron 1998 281 pages
4.07
6k+ ratings
Writing
Self Help
Reference
Evil Plans
by Hugh MacLeod • 2011
Having Fun on the Road to World Domination
3.92
1k+
Business
Self Help
Art
Evil Plans Summary
Evil Plans
Having Fun on the Road to World Domination
by Hugh MacLeod 2011 192 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Art
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
by Amanda Palmer • 2014
3.92
36k+
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help Summary
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
by Amanda Palmer 2014 352 pages
3.92
36k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
Making Comics
by Scott McCloud • 2006
Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
4.34
9k+
Comics
Art
Graphic Novels
Making Comics Summary
Making Comics
Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
by Scott McCloud 2006 264 pages
4.34
9k+ ratings
Comics
Art
Graphic Novels
Every Song Ever
by Ben Ratliff • 2016
Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty
3.29
500+
Music
Art
Cultural
Every Song Ever Summary
Every Song Ever
Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty
by Ben Ratliff 2016 272 pages
3.29
500+ ratings
Music
Art
Cultural
How to Listen to Jazz
by Ted Gioia • 2016
4.07
2k+
Music
Jazz
Art
How to Listen to Jazz Summary
How to Listen to Jazz
by Ted Gioia 2016
4.07
2k+ ratings
Music
Jazz
Art
How to Overcome Your Childhood
by The School of Life • 2019
4.08
1k+
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
How to Overcome Your Childhood Summary
How to Overcome Your Childhood
by The School of Life 2019 95 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Snow Leopard
by Category Pirates • 2022
How Legendary Writers Create A Category Of One
4.35
210
Writing
Business
Self Help
Snow Leopard Summary
Snow Leopard
How Legendary Writers Create A Category Of One
by Category Pirates 2022 270 pages
4.35
210 ratings
Writing
Business
Self Help
The Art of Selling to the Affluent
by Matt Oechsli • 2004
How to Attract, Service, and Retain Wealthy Customers and Clients for Life
3.60
196
Business
Finance
Art
The Art of Selling to the Affluent Summary
The Art of Selling to the Affluent
How to Attract, Service, and Retain Wealthy Customers and Clients for Life
by Matt Oechsli 2004 256 pages
3.60
196 ratings
Business
Finance
Art
The Vein of Gold
by Julia Cameron • 1996
A Journey to Your Creative Heart
4.03
2k+
Writing
Art
Self Help
The Vein of Gold Summary
The Vein of Gold
A Journey to Your Creative Heart
by Julia Cameron 1996 381 pages
4.03
2k+ ratings
Writing
Art
Self Help
The Art of Seeing
by Aldous Huxley • 1942
3.64
500+
Science
Health
Philosophy
The Art of Seeing Summary
The Art of Seeing
by Aldous Huxley 1942 147 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
Science
Health
Philosophy
Creative Calling
by Chase Jarvis • 2019
Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life
4.16
1k+
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
Creative Calling Summary
Creative Calling
Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life
by Chase Jarvis 2019 304 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
Think Like an Artist
by Will Gompertz • 2015
And Lead a More Creative, Productive Life
3.84
2k+
Art
Self Help
Design
Think Like an Artist Summary
Think Like an Artist
And Lead a More Creative, Productive Life
by Will Gompertz 2015 232 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Art
Self Help
Design
Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics
by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel • 2004
3.89
1k+
Philosophy
Art
Classics
Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics Summary
Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics
by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 2004 197 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Art
Classics
Paperbacks from Hell
by Grady Hendrix • 2017
The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
4.26
12k+
Horror
History
Books About Books
Paperbacks from Hell Summary
Paperbacks from Hell
The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
by Grady Hendrix 2017 254 pages
4.26
12k+ ratings
Horror
History
Books About Books
The Intellectual Devotional
by David S. Kidder
Modern Culture: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently with the Culturati
3.90
500+
Reference
History
Trivia
The Intellectual Devotional Summary
The Intellectual Devotional
Modern Culture: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently with the Culturati
by David S. Kidder 390 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
Reference
History
Trivia
Writing the Natural Way
by Gabriele Lusser Rico • 1983
Turn the Task of Writing into the Joy of Writing
3.93
418
Writing
Art
Self Help
Writing the Natural Way Summary
Writing the Natural Way
Turn the Task of Writing into the Joy of Writing
by Gabriele Lusser Rico 1983 288 pages
3.93
418 ratings
Writing
Art
Self Help
The Secret Life of Sunflowers
by Marta Molnar • 2022
4.08
50k+
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Art
The Secret Life of Sunflowers Summary
The Secret Life of Sunflowers
by Marta Molnar 2022 356 pages
4.08
50k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Art
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