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Favourite Book Covers Thread

>> No.5383585

8/8 keked

>> No.5383653
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>>5383578
100/10 thread

>> No.5383655
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5383655

Probably this one.

>> No.5383659

>>5383578
>>5383653
>>5383655

Wtf is with this painting being on so many book covers. I've seen it on more than just these.

>> No.5383660

>>5383655
>>5383653
BOOM!
headshot

>> No.5383664
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Definitely The Landscape of History's cover

Crisp. Unique. Solid.

>> No.5383667
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God I hate this fucking painting

>> No.5383675
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The Black March by Neumann

I've always admired this picture and have never been able to find it elsewhere.

>> No.5383684

>>5383578
>>5383653
>>5383655
>>5383664

I fucking lol'd

>> No.5383828
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5383828

My personal favorite.

>> No.5383856

While the painting reeks of the whole romanticism movement for many, for me it more aptly describes the mindset of the Byronic Hero.

>> No.5383857

>>5383828
Jesus Christ, I hope that's a joke

>> No.5383869
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here's one more for good measure

>> No.5383873
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>>5383578
a guy i used to be infatuated fucking loved this painting

pic related, best cover of all time

>> No.5383877

>>5383857
it's not

>> No.5383878

i'm a sucker for romanticism, and so i love this painting

god damn it /lit/ i hate both you elitists and the people who pretentiously abuse this painting

>> No.5383883
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5383883

I like this one

>> No.5383889

>>5383873
someone actually liked that painting? i don't even have a problem with romantic shit, some of the other "Romanticism Greatest Hits" canon are pretty dope, hannibal crossing the alps is pretty sublime and that raft of the medusa one is glorious, why do all these cheap ass book publishers use that shitty one? is it like free to use while hannibal crossing the alps you have to pay the museum to use it or some shit?

>> No.5383894

Mein kampf version when

>> No.5383895

>>5383883
Enemies of what? Hume? How? Hoiw?

>> No.5383897

>>5383869
oh wait some fucker already posted that shit, well ten bucks says penguin and oxford both used it too for something

>> No.5383913
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>>5383889

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>>5383895
Never mind. It's some kind of dirty out of print idealist paperback.

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>>5383828
I thought I saw it somewhere before.

>> No.5383930

I'm kind of surprised they never use any of his other paintings.

>> No.5383956
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>>5383913
just look at how much greater the european art is compared to this shitty japanese "masterpiece" which looks like some shitty anime, why are orientals so bad at art? from the stiff and formulaic bullshit the egyptians churned out for 2000 years or the cutesy garbage the japs have been passing off as art, the orient is sure to disappoint

>> No.5384085

>>5383578
Is Magic Mountain an interesting read? I found death in venice kinda boring mostly because of the plot/.

>> No.5384087
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>>5383956
It started in prehistory.

>> No.5384090

>>5384085
thomas mann used to joyce level but then the germans did ww2 and now we have to pretend he wasn't good

>> No.5384101

>>5383956
It was made during a time when European art started influencing Japan and is in more of a European style.

>> No.5384114

>>5384101
has japan ever done anything original ever?

>> No.5384119

I mean it's not a BAD painting. I've always liked it. It's just incredibly overused.

>>5383828
this one is my favorite

>> No.5384120

>>5384114
they wrote the first novel

>> No.5384127
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>> No.5384132

>>5384090
What? Is this an American thing? Thomas Mann is widely considered to be one of the greatest of the 20th century.

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>>5384127

>> No.5384197

>>5383956
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonism

>> No.5384208

>>5383883
Why would you ever use that font on that color background?

>> No.5384215

>>5384208
that's what happens when you give internships to your nephew instead of someone with talent

>> No.5384237

It was 9th July 2014, 4:09 p.m. Japan Standard Time.
Outside Bran’s window, there were messy thickets and disturbing Fukushima overgrowths that intruded the “Welcome” carpet in front of glossy hotel glass door.
Bran was sitting comfortably on his couch, watching HBO with Japanese subtitles for the past whole day. He munched on his wasabi, sashimi and salmon sushi. When the commercials came, Bran rubbed his sore eyes entrapped in a solitude of boredom.
He pondered what his A-Level results would be. Perhaps three C’s? Maybe even an A? He wondered whether the examiner would be persuaded all the cheese under his sofa? Sweat ran down his palms. Tension gripped his poor conscience.
He knew he was not supposed to care for his results. He was in middle of a vacation after all, spending his much earned summer vacation. Yet, a shiver still lingered in his thick spine. His stomach exploded into a fit of hunger that needed to be fulfilled by three packs of Skittles and two servings of KFC Chicken Breasts. His throat faced a drought that was quenched by a jug of Sprite. He tried to divert his unease. He took out his frustration by ripping the chicken breasts like a cheetah would rip a deer’s heart out. He gave out a little growl and a burp to signal the end of his delight.
Without any warning, the earth shook like the way his stomach was shaking seconds ago. It was a disaster. The earth swallowed him like he had swallowed his Sprite earlier.

>> No.5384503
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This one.

>> No.5385408
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son
&
xon

I love it.

>> No.5385564

>this thread
Simply amazing. Why is this painting so popular though?

>> No.5385591

>>5384176
Dan Haggerty!

"Deep inside the forest is a door into another land,
Here is our life and home,"

>> No.5385603
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>>5383578

>> No.5385606

>>5385564
>Why is this painting so popular though?

It portrays a person who is solitary, maybe even a recluse, who still has many favourable features (he appears to be fit, well dressed and attractive).

What he is looking at is something that's "deep for him", meaning that he values great things (which others perhaps do not, they're partying somewhere).

The title could well be "Anon's self-deceit"

>> No.5385612

>>5385603

fucking kek'd

that poker face

>> No.5385628

>>5385606
>(he appears to be fit, well dressed and attractive)
>Anon

Now, therein lies problem with your title.

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>> No.5385637
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>> No.5385636

>>5383667
Fuck you, leave Caspar David Friedrich alone.

>> No.5385638

What is that painting even called?

>> No.5385645
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>>5385637
>wordsworth classics

>> No.5385646
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>> No.5385650
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>>5385645

>> No.5385651

>>5385564
Its just a person looking out into the unknown. It can fit into pretty much any book

>> No.5385654
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>>5383956
I like this one.

>> No.5385655

>>5385638
whatisgoogle.com

>> No.5385664

>>5385603
>>5385637
these two always make me laugh

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>>5385637
What? No. Someone please tell me that isn't real.

>>5385633
kek'd.

>> No.5385683

>>5385654
It seems...unfinished. And I don't hate minimalism or anything.

>> No.5385686

>>5383578
but that's not even

>> No.5385711
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Definitely my favorite

>> No.5385715
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i love this one

>> No.5385740

this is a one i like

>> No.5385752
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this is a one i like.

>> No.5385782

>>5385675
probably the most appropriate use of this image

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Title of the paint: "The Little Jew Offended"

Makes me laugh every time that I pick up the book

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>>5384127

>> No.5386004
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>> No.5386007

>>5385752
When the book is read from left to right they change the picture in the same way? Or is it some kind of next level joke? Sadly I'm not sure which one is...

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>>5383653
In the meantime Sören...

>> No.5387327

>>5385564
It demonstrates a person that seems of rather high intellectual status observing nature and the sublime. It is a Romantic painting.

>> No.5387337

>>5385683
Its like viewing trees through mist

>> No.5387363

>>5386007
Hebrew is read from right to left.

>> No.5387514

>>5387363
Fucking weeaboos.