It is Non-bookish Freebie at That Artsy Reader Girl. I thought I’d still keep it somewhat bookish while branching out into the world of art, with ten paintings depicting reading.
1. Girl Reading by Charles Edward Perugini
2. Decadent Young Woman by Ramon Casas
3. Young Woman Reading by Osman Hamdi Bey
4. A Young Girl Reading by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
5. Six Tuscan Poets by Giorgio Vasari
6. Young Girls Reading by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
7. Philosopher Reading by Rembrandt
8. Woman with a Book by Pablo Picasso
9. Madonna of the Book by Sandro Botticelli
10. Contemplation by Alexei Harlamoff
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Oh my! Can you imagine holding the pose for Decadent Young Woman? I’d either be asleep within minutes or have terrible back ache!
I mis-read the ‘non-book’ part of this week’s theme – duh! But I did keep it to our Natural World.
https://rosieamber.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/%f0%9f%93%9atoptentuesday-freebie-natural-world-tuesdaybookblog-booktwitter-booktwt/
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The second one reminds me of my daughter and the crazy ways she’ll lay about reading. All I know is I would be stuck in that position for quite awhile.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create! https://readbakecreate.com/ten-memorable-places-ive-visited/
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I’m happy you stuck to a reading theme, though it was a bit more subtle than normal. Love these!
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This is great, I love your take on this week. Decadent Young Woman made me laugh.
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Lovely!
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I love that! I will be on the lookout for books in paintings in the future!
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
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Great post! Beautiful paintings!
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I love all of these! Thank you for sharing.
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What a wonderful idea for a post. I love this!
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Interesting post!
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2025/08/26/top-ten-tuesday-lets-be-a-tourist-in-the-netherlands/
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Decadent Young Woman is a very relatable painting. 🙂
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What a great idea for a list! These are all so lovely and relatable.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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