Books like Art since 1900

Art since 1900 by Hal Foster reads as academic, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Unnatural wonders

Arthur Coleman Danto · 2005

Both explore art theory & modern art

75% genome match

Theories of modern art

Herschel Browning Chipp · 1968

Both explore modern art & art history

81% genome match

On Ugliness

Umberto Eco · 2007

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

Art After Modernism

Brian Wallis · 1984

Both explore contemporary art & art theory

74% genome match

Paul Klee

Paul Klee · 1930

Both explore art theory

60% genome match

Visual thinking

Rudolf Arnheim · 1969

Both explore art theory

62% genome match

Art and culture

Clement Greenberg · 1961

Both explore modern art

65% genome match

Meditations on a hobby horse, and other essays on the theory of art

E. H. Gombrich · 1963

Both explore art theory

63% genome match

The object stares back

James Elkins · 1996

Both explore art history

62% genome match

History of art

H. W. Janson · 1962

Both explore art history & artistic movements

59% genome match

Sozialgeschichte der Kunst und Literatur

Arnold Hauser · 1951

Both explore art history

60% genome match

Art since 1940

Jonathan David Fineberg · 1995

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match