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Oh my goodness, that is an amazing painting. I'm going through Civilisation, by Kenneth Clark right now, which is helping me a lot with contextualizing art from generations past. You get a badge when I next have one.
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Yeah, though it's based on a television series which author himself recommends that over the book. I'm not exactly a widely read man of art, but definitely enjoying it as an introduction. I picked it on Paul Graham's recommendation:Kenneth Clark was a star in his day, thanks to the documentary series Civilisation. And if you read only one book about art history, Civilisation is the one I'd recommend. It's much better than the drab Sears Catalogs of art that undergraduates are forced to buy for Art History 101.