'People know me as the author of The Story of Art who have never heard of me as a scholar. But many of my colleagues have never read the book. They may have read my papers on Poussin or Leonardo, but not that. It is a curious double life.' Sir Ernst Gombrich, OM, CBE, FBA and Professor Emeritus in the University of London, is one of the very few men able to lead this double lif...(展开全部)

When we view a work of art, we often experience an emotional response, but the causes of our reactions are complex. Our knowledge of why we respond to art as we do is rooted in science—in psychology and biology. Eric R. Kandel traces the origins of this understanding to early twentieth-century Vienna, which gave rise to the concept of the “beholder’s share,” the realization tha...(展开全部)

An overview of the theoretical and institutional history of the discipline of art history which refutes the image of art history as in crisis, asserting rather that many of the dilemmas of the discipline today can be traced back to its founding, institutionalization and expansion since the 1870s.

According to the nineteenth-century teachings of Nikolai Fedorov—librarian, religious philosopher, and progenitor of Russian cosmism—our ethical obligation to use reason and knowledge to care for the sick extends to curing the dead of their terminal status. The dead must be brought back to life using means of advanced technology—resurrected not as souls in heaven, but in materi...(展开全部)

According to the nineteenth-century teachings of Nikolai Fedorov—librarian, religious philosopher, and progenitor of Russian cosmism—our ethical obligation to use reason and knowledge to care for the sick extends to curing the dead of their terminal status. The dead must be brought back to life using means of advanced technology—resurrected not as souls in heaven, but in materi...(展开全部)

大卫·霍克尼（David Hockney） 画家、摄影师。20世纪60年代波普运动在英国的代表，被认为是20世纪最具影响力的英国艺术家，也是当今国际画坛最有影响力的艺术家之一。霍克尼早年接受正规艺术教育，毕业于伦敦皇家艺术学院，1966年（29岁）即在画廊举办个人画展。受现代主义思潮影响，创作了大量蚀刻版画，受到艺术界的重视。20世纪60年代多次到美国旅行，后在加州设立了自己的工作室。由此转向写实风格，并创作了多幅经典名作。如《更大水花》，《一个艺术家的肖像》等。 20世纪80年代起，霍克尼创作了一系列名为“Joiners”的摄影拼贴作品，通过宝丽来相片，探讨了绘画与摄影在视觉表现上的关系，对摄影作为艺术的可能性做了具有重要意义的探讨。这使他在摄影史上，享有与画家格哈德•里希特同样的重要地位。而在贡布里希的《艺术的故事》中，霍克尼也成为仅有的两位被介...(展开全部)

大卫·霍克尼（David Hockney） 画家、摄影师。20世纪60年代波普运动在英国的代表，被认为是20世纪最具影响力的英国艺术家，也是当今国际画坛最有影响力的艺术家之一。霍克尼早年接受正规艺术教育，毕业于伦敦皇家艺术学院，1966年（29岁）即在画廊举办个人画展。受现代主义思潮影响，创作了大量蚀刻版画，受到艺术界的重视。20世纪60年代多次到美国旅行，后在加州设立了自己的工作室。由此转向写实风格，并创作了多幅经典名作。如《更大水花》，《一个艺术家的肖像》等。 20世纪80年代起，霍克尼创作了一系列名为“Joiners”的摄影拼贴作品，通过宝丽来相片，探讨了绘画与摄影在视觉表现上的关系，对摄影作为艺术的可能性做了具有重要意义的探讨。这使他在摄影史上，享有与画家格哈德•里希特同样的重要地位。而在贡布里希的《艺术的故事》中，霍克尼也成为仅有的两位被介...(展开全部)