Art That Was Never Finished

Artists have abandoned artworks for many reasons throughout history. Guest host John Green shares some of his favorite unfinished artworks and explains why they resonate with him so deeply. Featuring work by Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Edgar Degas, Alice Neel, Kerry James Marshall, and very...

10 min - Art, Music & Design - The Art Assignment

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  1. Just Kids by Patti Smith (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
  2. Chronicles by Bob Dylan (3.7/5) - View on Amazon
  3. The Story of Art by E. H. Gombrich (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
  4. Ways of Seeing by John Berger (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
  5. Civilisation by Kenneth Clark - View on Amazon
  6. The Book of Kells by Bernard Meehan - View on Amazon
  7. Gothic Art by Michael Camille - View on Amazon
  8. Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari - View on Amazon
  9. Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson (4/5) - View on Amazon
  10. Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King - View on Amazon
  11. The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
  12. Caravaggio by Andrew Graham-Dixon - View on Amazon
  13. Rembrandt's Eyes by Simon Schama - View on Amazon
  14. Vermeer's Hat by Timothy Brook - View on Amazon
  15. The Embarrassment of Riches by Simon Schama - View on Amazon
  16. Turner by Franny Moyle - View on Amazon
  17. Goya by Robert Hughes - View on Amazon
  18. The Romantic Movement by Alain De Botton - View on Amazon
  19. Delacroix by Barthélémy Jobert - View on Amazon
  20. The Judgment of Paris by Ross King - View on Amazon
  21. Van Gogh by Steven Naifeh - View on Amazon
  22. Dear Theo by Vincent van Gogh - View on Amazon
  23. The Secret Life of Salvador Dali by Salvador Dalí - View on Amazon
  24. Dali by Robert Descharnes - View on Amazon

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