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Book recommendations pertaining to Art History.
| Book Title | Author | PubDate | Reading Age | Time Period | Time Frame | Geographic Area | Country | Topic | Genre | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent's Starry Night and Other Stories | Bird, Michael | 2016 | MG | Prehistory | 40,000 BCE - 2014 CE | Various | Various | Art History | NF | CB |
| Ancestory: The Mystery and Majesty of Ancient Cave Art | Salyer, Hannah | 2023 | LE | Prehistory | 30,000 BCE | various | various | Stone Age Cave Art | NF | PB |
| The First Drawing | Gerstein, Mordicai | 2013 | LE | Prehistory | 30,000 BCE | Europe | France | Stone Age Cave Art | NF | PB |
| The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols | Von Petzinger, Genevieve | 2016 | A | Prehistory | 30,000 BCE | Europe | various | Stone Age Cave Art | NF | B |
| Boy of the Painted Cave | Denzel, Justin | 1988 | MG | Prehistory | 20,000 BCE | Europe | France | Stone Age | F | CB |
| Brush of the Gods | Look, Lenore | 2013 | LE | Early Medieval | 689-758 | Asia | China | Tang Dynasty Wu Daozi | NF B | PB |
| A Single Shard | Park, Linda Sue | 2001 | UMG | High Middle Ages | 1100-1199 | Asia | Korea | Medieval Korea | F | CB |
| The Apprentice | Llorente, Pilar Molina | 1989 | MG | Renaissance | 1400-1500 | Europe | Italy | Art History | F | CB |
| Marguerite Makes a Book | Robertson, Bruce | 1999 | LE MG | Renaissance | 1400 | Europe | France | Illuminated Manuscripts Art History | F | PB |
| The Second Mrs. Gioconda | Konigsburg, E.L. | 1998 | UMG YA | Renaissance | 1450-1459 | Europe | Italy | Leonardo da Vinci | F | CB |
| The Mona Lisa Vanishes | Day, Nicholas | 2023 | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1452-1913 | Europe | France | Leonardo da Vinci Art Heist | NF | CB |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Stanley, Diane | 2000 | LE MG | Renaissance | 1452-1519 | Europe | Italy | Leonardo da Vinci | NF Bio | PB |
| Michelangelo | Stanley, Diane | 2003 | LE MG | Renaissance | 1475-1564 | Europe | Italy | Michelangelo | NF Bio | PB |
| Stone Giant: Michelangelo's David and How He Came to Be | Sutcliffe, Jane | 2014 | LE | Renaissance | 1475-1564 | Europe | Italy | Michelangelo | NF Bio | PB |
| Leonardo's Shadow | Grey, Christopher | 2008 | UMG YA | Renaissance | 1497 | Europe | Italy | Leonardo da Vinci | F Bio | N |
| I, Juan de Pareja | De Trevino, Elizabeth Borton | 1965 | UMG | Enlightenment | 1610-1660 | Europe | Spain | Baroque | F | CB |
| Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers | Heiligman, Deborah | 2019 | UMG YA | Industrial Age | 1852-1891 | Europe | France | Van Gogh | NF | CB |
| Mornings With Monet | Rosenstock, Barb | 2021 | LE | Industrial Age | 1880 | Europe | France | Monet | NF | PB |
| Linnea in Monet's Garden | Bjork, Christina | 1985 | LE MG | Industrial Age | 1880 | Europe | France | Monet | F | PB CB |
| People of the Book | Brooks, Geraldine | 2008 | YA A | Modern Age | 1996 | Sarajevo | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo Haggadah | F | N |
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| Reading Age | Genre | Format |
| LE = lower elementary MG = middle grade (8-12 yrs.) UMG = upper-middle grade (11-14 yrs.) YA = young adult (14+) A = adult (18+) |
NF - non fiction F = fiction Bio = biography HF = historical fantasy AH = alternate history OV - own voices M = mythology S = spine book |
PB = picture book GN = graphic novel ER = early reader CB = chapter book B = book (NF) N = novel M = memoir |