Art & Design books
Here are 48 books with a lot of art & design, starting with The Agony and the Ecstasy, The Art Book and Understanding Comics.
The Agony and the EcstasyIrving Stone
The Art BookPhaidon Press
Understanding ComicsScott McCloud
Concerning the Spiritual in ArtWassily Kandinsky
The Natural Way to DrawKimon Nicolaides
Vincent Van GoghRainer Metzger
Anatomy for the ArtistJeno Barcsay
Drawing the Head and HandsAndrew Loomis
Universal Principles of Design: 100 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach Through DesignWilliam Lidwell, Jill Butler
Drawing Dynamic HandsBurne Hogarth
History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, PhotographyH. Harvard Arnason, Peter Kalb
The Elements of Typographic StyleRobert Bringhurst
Envisioning InformationEdward R. Tufte
Interaction of ColorJosef Albers
Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand IdentitiesDavid Airey
Design as ArtBruno Munari
Wall and PieceBanksy
The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienWayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull
The Story of ArtE.H. Gombrich
The art of Eric CarleEric Carle
Art Through the AgesHelen Gardner, Fred S. Kleiner
History of ArtH.W. Janson, Anthony F. Janson
The Shock of the NewRobert Hughes
Annie Leibovitz At WorkAnnie Leibovitz
The Art of How to Train Your DragonTracey Miller-Zarneke
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, ConstructionChristopher W. Alexander, Sara Ishikawa
101 Things I Learned in Architecture SchoolMatthew Frederick
Classical Drawing Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio PracticeJuliette Aristides
NecronomiconH.R. Giger
TransfigurationsAlex Grey
William Eggleston's GuideJohn Szarkowski
Architecture: Form, Space, & OrderFrancis D.K. Ching
Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and NarrativeEdward R. Tufte
From Bauhaus to Our HouseTom Wolfe
The Image of the CityKevin Lynch
Anatomy for the ArtistSarah Simblet
The Art Spirit: Notes, Articles, Fragments of Letters and Talks to Students, Bearing on the Concept and Technique of Picture Making, the Study of ArtRobert Henri
AvatarBryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino
Figure Drawing For All It's WorthAndrew Loomis
The Magic Mirror of M.C. EscherBruno Ernst, M.C. Escher
Keys to DrawingBert Dodson
The Lord of the Rings SketchbookAlan Lee
J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and IllustratorWayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull
Art in Theory 1900 - 2000: An Anthology of Changing IdeasCharles Harrison, Paul Wood
Thinking with TypeEllen Lupton
How to Draw Comics the Marvel WayStan Lee, John Buscema
Tolkien's World: Paintings of Middle-EarthJ.R.R. Tolkien
The Art of TangledJeff Kurtti

