18 Best nonfiction books like Rubens by Gilles Néret

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Rubens

By: Gilles Néret

4.16

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Extravagance and sensuality Renowned among his contemporaries as one of the foremost paint…

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1. Rembrandt 1606-1669: The Mystery of the Revealed Form

By: Michael Bockemühl , Michael Claridge

4.01

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The mystery of the revealed A mirror of the artistic and intellectual developments of the 17th cen… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • nonfiction
  • history
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2. Mondrian

By: None , None

3.84

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

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  • art
  • art history
  • nonfiction
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3. The Judgement

By: Franz Kafka

3.83

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

"The judgment" is considered the most autobiographical of Kafka's stories. First, there are Kafka's… read more

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4. Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ

By: Giulia Enders , Jill Enders

4.53

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

A cheeky up-close and personal guide to the secrets and science of our digestive system. For too lo… read more

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  • nonfiction
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5. J.M.W. Turner, 1775-1851: The World of Light and Colour

By: Michael Bockemühl

4.42

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

As a blind person would see the world if the gift of sight suddenly returned - so might one describ… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • nonfiction
  • history

6. Vincent Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings

By: Ingo F. Walther , Rainer Metzger

3.71

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

Van Gogh, who took up a variety of professions before becoming an artist, was a solitary, despairin… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • nonfiction
  • history
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7. Freedom

By: Jonathan Franzen

3.78

Format: 562 pages, Hardcover

Patty and Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul—the gentrifiers, the hands-on paren… read more

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"Success at sports is the province of the almost empty head."

-Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

"Nice people don't necessarily fall in love with nice people."

-Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

"Du skal bare huske at det ikke er en perfekt krig i en perfekt verden."

-Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

"[Patty's] Copernican wish to the be sun around which all things revolved"

-Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

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8. Paul Klee, 1879-1940

By: Susanna Partsch

3.93

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

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  • art
  • art history
  • nonfiction
  • history
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9. Vermeer, 1632-1675: Veiled Emotions

By: Norbert Schneider

3.62

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

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  • art
  • art history
  • nonfiction
  • history

10. Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe

By: Nick Mann , Theodore Gray

3.37

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

The Elementshas become an international sensation, with over one million copies in-print worldwide.… read more

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11. Pre-Raphaelites

By: Norbert Wolf , None

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sometimes considered the first avant-garde art movement,the Pre-Raphaelites rejected their era's do… read more

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12. Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973: Genius of the Century

By: Ingo F. Walther

4.32

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

Pablo Picasso once said, "If there's something to be stolen, I steal it." Few artists have helped t… read more

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13. Cézanne

By: Ulrike Becks-Malorny

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

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14. Caravaggio, 1571-1610

By: None

4.06

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

Notorious bad boy of Italian Baroque painting, Caravaggio (1571-1610) is finally getting the recogn… read more

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15. Sandro Botticelli 1444/45 - 1510

By: Barbara Deimling

4.06

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

Forgotten immediately after his death, Sandro Botticelli (1444 or 45-1510) was rediscovered in the … read more

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16. History of the Peloponnesian War

By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner

3.94

Format: 648 pages, Paperback

Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

17. Old Boy, Vol. 1

By: Garon Tsuchiya , Nobuaki Minegishi

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ten years ago, they took him. He doesn't know who. For ten years he has been confined in a private … read more

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18. Jan van Eyck

By: Till-Holger Borchert

4.11

Format: 14 pages, Paperback

Van Eyck left an indelible impression on Renaissance art and paved the way for future realist paint… read more

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19. Hopper

By: Rolf Günter Renner

4.57

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

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20. A Woman's Story

By: Annie Ernaux

4.23

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

A Woman's Story is Annie Ernaux's "deeply affecting account of mothers and daughters, youth and age… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Until I was twenty, I thought I was responsible for her growing old."

-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story

"With so much misery around, fighting for social advancement had lost all meaning."

-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story

"I believe I am writing about my mother because it is my turn to bring her into the world."

-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story

"Het beeld van haar wordt langzaam weer dat wat ik mij voorstel te hebben gehad van haar in mijn babytijd, een grote, blanke schaduw boven mij."

-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story

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21. Monet, Claude (1840-1926)

By: Christoph Heinrich

4.36

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

La serie de arte de Taschen son libros de magníficas reproducciones y textos inteligentes con preci… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Goya (Taschen Basic Art) by Rose-Marie Hagen

22. Goya (Taschen Basic Art)

By: Rose-Marie Hagen

4.01

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

An informative introduction to one of Spain's most renowned artists. Goya (1746-1828) was the most … read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • nonfiction
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23. Holbein the Younger

By: Norbert Wolf

3.80

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

A key figure in the Northern Renaissance, Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543) is most remembered… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • nonfiction
  • history
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24. Rubens

By: Gilles Néret

4.16

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Extravagance and sensuality Renowned among his contemporaries as one of the foremost paint… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • nonfiction
  • history
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25. Diego Velazquez

By: Norbert Wolf

4.09

Format: None pages, Broché

Diego Velázquez, encensé pour sa manière de fondre réalisme et atmosphère, ainsi que pour la formid… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • nonfiction
  • history
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26. Romanticism

By: Norbert Wolf

3.84

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Harmony between man and nature In a revolt against Rationalism, Romanticism was characterized by a … read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • nonfiction
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27. Imperial China: The Definitive Visual History

By: D.K. Publishing

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Explore the long and rich history of China's great dynasties. From the clans and legends of preh… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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28. Degas: 1834-1917

By: Bernd Growe

4.34

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Capturing fleeting Degas’s mastery in the depiction of movement "No art could be less sponta… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting by Desmond Shawe-Taylor

29. Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting

By: Desmond Shawe-Taylor

4.20

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Everyone is familiar with the Golden Age of Dutch art; this is an opportunity to explore its no les… read more

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30. Rococo

By: Eva Gesine Baur

3.79

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The dramatic style of the 18th century Emerging out of Baroque as a more relaxed style, Rococo was … read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • nonfiction
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31. Calatrava

By: Philip Jodidio

4.00

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Spanish visionary Santiago Calatrava is renowned around the world as an architect, structural engin… read more

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12 best-selling history books like Rubens by Gilles Néret

Transform Your Habits

Rembrandt 1606-1669: The Mystery of the Revealed Form

Michael Bockemühl , Michael Claridge

4.01

Transform Your Habits

J.M.W. Turner, 1775-1851: The World of Light and Colour

Michael Bockemühl

4.42

Vincent Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings

Ingo F. Walther , Rainer Metzger

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Paul Klee, 1879-1940

Susanna Partsch

3.93

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15 Best classics books like History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Moses I. Finley, Rex Warner

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The Histories

Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Lysistrata

Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden

3.87

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The Conquest of Gaul

S.A. Handford , Gaius Julius Caesar , Jane F. Gardner , Aulus Hirtius

4.11

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The Twelve Caesars

Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius

4.33

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