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In the Picture: The Year Through Art
1.  In the Picture: The Year Through Art by Andrew Graham-Dixon
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  "Silky, easeful prose, and with all the immediacy and sense of comprehension that a compilation of short Sunday Telegraph reviews, each dedicated to one artwork for each week of the year, allows."
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Simon Schama's Power of Art
2.  Simon Schama's Power of Art by Professor Simon Schama CBE
The list author says:
  "Making for a less rawly pleasing television series than How Art Made The World perhaps, Schama's thicker book offering is nonetheless a rewarding slow burner spanning Carravagio to Rothko."
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How Art Made the World
3.  How Art Made the World by Nigel Spivey
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  "A treat of sense and clarity as a television series, and the literary accompaniment is similarly so. Spivey's Classics background makes for a title appealing to those of an encompassing world view."
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The Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and his Art Collection
4.  The Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and his Art Collection by Jerry Brotton
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  "Rivetting and deep enough a journey through the labyrinthine corruptions and nuances of an embryonic relation to today's European art world to please any fan of readable Stuart-age history."
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Britain's Best Museums and Galleries: From the Greatest Collections to the Smallest Curiosities
5.  Britain's Best Museums and Galleries: From the Greatest Collections to the Smallest Curiosities by Mark Fisher
The list author says:
  "For any roving lover of the UK's vast art and historical treasures, this has to be the archetypal glovebox tome. Individualistic and indeed cheeky writing, it is lovely to dip into in its own right."
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The Story of Art
6.  The Story of Art by E.H. Gombrich
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  "Has more admirers from some quarters than others. Regardless, even considering the not always alluring long and linear chapters, Gombrich steadfastly assures us that no art need be lost to the masses."
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A World History of Art
7.  A World History of Art by Hugh Honour
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  "One of the great originals, affording insight of international cultural tendencies only more recently acknowledged by Western sources, with lovingly sprawling sections on Japanese and African art."
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Last updated: 14/10/2008
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