Monday 3 January 2011

Free art books for your Kindle

At Christmas, I was the lucky recipient of a Kindle, the electronic book reader from Amazon. I am still playing around with it and I will tell you later what I think about it. I am going to share with you some great art writings I found on the web. Even if you don’t own a Kindle (or another eBook reader), keep reading as you can read these titles on your computer.



The first impression of the Kindle is that it does one thing very well: letting you read books without the distraction of multiple other applications. The obvious limitation is that the screen is black & white, which is not so good for reproductions of paintings.

In an earlier post, Art writings online for free, I already gave some links to writings by John Ruskin, Leonardo da Vinci, James McNeill Whistler and Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Below are more free books to consider:


Paul Gauguin

Noa Noa (English Translation)




Wassily Kandinsky

Concerning the Spiritual in Art


John Ruskin

The Elements of Drawing - In Three Letters to Beginners


Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574)

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects (several volumes)


Related resources



  • For US readers, 3G Kindle on Amazon.com (affiliate link)


Kindle 3G Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 3G Works Globally, Graphite, 6" Display with New E Ink Pearl Technology


  • For UK readers,  3G Kindle on Amazon.co.uk (Affiliate link)


Kindle 3G Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 3G Works Globally, Graphite, 6" Display with New E Ink Pearl Technology




3 comments:

schwenkart said...

The Art of Landscape Painting in Oil Colour by Alfred East, A.R.A is a free book that can be downloaded to readers. I printed my own copy and then later downloaded it to my Nook.
Sharon Schwenk

Benoit Philippe said...

Sharon,

Thank you for sharing. It is on the archive.org website (http://www.archive.org/details/artlandscapepai00eastgoog) and I will add it to my reading list.

Regards,

Benoit

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