Recommending you books based on your favorite paintings from art history!!!

Hi friends!

As an artist and (clearly) an avid reader, I've been asking myself for a while how I can combine these two passions on my channel. For me, words and pictures go hand in hand! I can't have one without the other. There's a reason people say, "a picture is worth a thousand words." Most times, they're worth way more than just a thousand words!
Well, for this video I asked you what your favorite paintings from art history were and got a wonderful response. I was so happy to see we have many favorites in common! I chose the ones that were most requested, and using my knowledge of art history, I tried to find books I think you'll enjoy based on your favorite painting! So essentially, I'm recommending you books based on your own favorite paintings!!!

I had such a lovely time filming and editing this video, so I truly hope you enjoy it. Maybe you'll find a new favorite book, or learn a bit more about art history!

Definitely let me know if you'd like to see a part 2 to this video, and if so feel free to leave other favorite paintings of yours in a comment! You may just get a book recommendations based off of it! ;)

Best wishes to you,

Carolyn Marie :)

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I just graduated from college at the Fashion Institute of Technology with my Bachelors of Fine Arts in Illustration with a minor in English/Writing.
My greatest passion in life is combining my two loves, literature and art!

Happy Reading :)

#bookrecommendations #arthistory #classicbooks

[danyahnaumani]

Whenever I’ve taken art history courses, the professors always make sure to include famous architecture in the curriculum as well, so if you could do a video with book recs relating to architecture that would be wonderful!

[carbonc]

Art & Literature together?! My head is spinning ... GREAT VIDEO!!!

[kacky_snorgle]

The Sorrows of Young Werther is a perfect match for The Wanderer over a Sea of Fog🖤

[this_fanny]

Painting - Artist:
3:25 Every work from Caravaggio (Narcissus is mentioned)
5:42 Girl with a Pearl Earring - Johannes Vermeer
8:18 The Lady of Shalott - John William Waterhouse
10:00 The Kiss - Gustav Klimt
13:09 Wanderer above the Sea of Fog - Caspar David Friedrich
16:04 The Swing - Jean-Honoré Fragonard
20:03 Nighthawks
- Edward Hopper
23:13 Woman with a Parasol - Claude Monet
26:32 The Scream - Edvard Munch
28:32 The Starry Night and Sunflowers - Vincent van Gogh

[TheGerbita]

Ovid and Caravaggio are also a perfect match for his Medusa painting. Ovid’s retelling of the Medusa myth is amazing and heartbreaking. We need a part 2!

[ShivangiBhasin]

I burst out laughing when you said that Scream basically represents all of Russian Literature, it’s so true! Reading Solzhenitsyn had me internally (and eternally) screaming😵‍💫

[christaylor]

Would love to see a part 2 as well as a video on your favorite art books, if possible. I've seen Van Gogh's Starry Night in MoMA and it's breathtaking. I have also seen his Sunflowers in the Philadelphia Museum of Art many times among other paintings; would definitely recommend the museum if you or anyone else is in the area. Have a lovely day! :)

[BunsBooks]

I love almost everything Hieronymus Bosch and Agnes Pelton. I love the transcended essence in their paintings where you feel like you’re looking into another world that’s breathtakingly beautiful and also alienating and frightening

[bridgidthepirateelf]

One of my favorite authors, Christina Baker Kline, wrote a book inspired by the painting Christina's World by Andrew Wyeth and is kinda the story of the painting. It is wonderful. A Piece of the World is the title.

I got to go to the Van Gogh immersion experience in San Fransisco for my birthday this year and it was one of the best things I've ever done and I really hope to go to more art museums once the pandemic calms down. Watching your channel I've fallen back in love with reading classics and I just hope next year I can read some of these.

[rose_and_thorns]

This was so lovely, what a terrific idea for a new take on book recommendations! I'd love to see a part two, and a painting I adore which I'd love to see on the list is Primavera by Botticelli.

[JMShelley]

Gorgeous Idea & concept. Would love to see book recommendations based on the Pre-Raphaelite paintings. :) x

[allysonleblanc]

Love this idea! My copy of Metamorphoses actually has Caravaggio’s Narcissus on the cover!

[evethim]

Bringing art and literature together is such a wonderful, creative idea ❤️

[isabellehall]

Omg, when i saw that first painting "Narcissus" i realized i've seen it somewhere. Its on the cover of the edition of "The picture of Dorian Gray" i own. What a coincidence 😄
Also, "Madame Bovary" is the perfect match for "The swing" 😊

[lidiaparreira]

This is without doubt my favorite video so far! I would love to see a similar video recommending books based on the most iconic paintings in history, like mona lisa, guernica, the creation of adam and other famous works...

[MartinDSmith]

Lovely video!Art, literature and music are the engine room of planet earth.You have some wonderful books there.Thank you for sharing!

[jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

I'm reading a biography of Renoir at the moment, Maupassant asked Renoir "Why do you see everything in rose (pink)?" to which Renoir retorted "Why do you see everything in noir (Black)?" Even when he was suffering hardships from poverty in his early career or illness in his later career, Renoir didn't let the difficulties affect the positive outlook of his many paintings. Of the famous artists perhaps only Picasso was more prolific than Renoir.

[aubreyholt]

Please make a part 2! And 3! And 4!
I love your recommendations! Especially for "The Scream" which is such a powerful painting, I'm picking up Notes from the Underground ASAP ♥
I would love to see recommendations based on alternate readings of paintings too, such as the theories that "The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt isn't a consensual encounter or that it is actually a depiction of Orpheus and Euridice.

[elizabetha]

as someone who loves art and reading this is such a cool idea thank you

[mishelly]

Amazing unique video! I learned so much! I grew up with art in my life. My grandmother was an artist, I dabbled most of my life. And she took me to museums and artist events - but I realize how much I do t know how much I would love to learn about classic art and artists.