Guggenheim Offers 65 Books Online For Free

The Solomon H. Guggenheim Museum is now offering 65 art books from its archives online, for interwebs users to read and peruse for free. This move comes just a week before Apple has planned its big "textbook push" announcement at the Guggenheim Museum. The books in the collection include work from artists like Wassily Kandinsky, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Klee, Francis Bacon, Alexander Calder, Edvard Munch and many more.

The interface for the Guggenheim site is very easy to use and at first glance the books available seem very well rendered for use on the web. This idea also seems like a huge leap in getting very expensive art books into the hands of users who are either intimidated on what books they should purchase or unsure of where to begin their own exploration of the art world. Its an idea with a great deal of promise. Hopefully, even more content is forthcoming.

For more details on the project and other great free e-book suggestions, head on over to Open Culture where we first got wind of this story.