Collection: Art Book Definition and Art Gallery Collection

Art Books are books relating to art; specifically a book containing printed reproductions of works of art. They are sometimes works of art in their own right, that utilize the form of the book.They are often published in small editions, though they are sometimes produced as one-of-a-kind objects. There are literary books about art, of course. But then there are the shining coffee-table tomes made purely of images, the museum exhibition catalogs, and the monographs on individual artists. Art Books help teach valuable skills for those learning to create art. There’s also the “artist book,” a book created as a work of art the way a painting is, pushing the boundaries of what a book can or should be. These are books you don’t so much read as experience. Over the past few years, Art Books have seen a renaissance in all the above categories.