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Ay recommendations of a good novel for art/art history lovers?

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  • 16-09-2015 2:57am
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    MrYlad
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    The title says it all. I already know of Dorian Grey, Portrait of an Artist as Young Man, and Girl with a Pearl Earring. Any other intruiging ones out there?
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    fruvai
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    I haven't read it yet but The Recognitions by William Gaddis is meant to be a great book about an art forger


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    New Home
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    The Painter by Will Davenport - aka James Long


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    cailinoBAC
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    Headlong by Michael Frayn


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    MrYlad
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    fruvai wrote: »
    I haven't read it yet but The Recognitions by William Gaddis is meant to be a great book about an art forger

    Definitely giving this one a read! Sounds very interesting.


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    Harry Angstrom
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    The Moon and Sixpence by Somerset Maugham.


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    gutenberg
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    I loved Girl Reading by Katie Ward. It's a series of seven interlinked stories about portraits of women reading, from the Renaissance to the present, and how they came to be created. Combines art & books, I loved it :)


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    buck65
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    The Goldfinch - haven't read it myself but it's about a stolen painting of some bird I think, forget which one..


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    livinsane
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    My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk. It's set among the miniaturist artists of the Ottoman empire in Istanbul. It's a historical novel/murder mystery/love story. It goes into a lot of detail about the artistic techniques of the miniaturists and the conflict between them and the Venician artists who were exploring perspective. Im only halfway through. It's a slow read but I'm really enjoying it. It's written from the perspective of multiple characters and can be hilarious at times.


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