F. O. 马西森（F. O. Matthiessen）是美国文学和美国研究领域有影响力的教育家、学者和文学评论家。他著名的作品《美国文艺复兴：爱默生与惠特曼时代的艺术和表现》颂扬了几位19世纪美国作家的成就，并对一代学者产生了深远的影响。

F. O. 马西森（F. O. Matthiessen）是美国文学和美国研究领域有影响力的教育家、学者和文学评论家。他著名的作品《美国文艺复兴：爱默生与惠特曼时代的艺术和表现》颂扬了几位19世纪美国作家的成就，并对一代学者产生了深远的影响。

This text has taken its place as the definitive treatment of the most distinguished age of American literature. Centering the discussion around five literary giants of the mid-nineteenth century-Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman. Matthiessen elucidates their conceptions of the nature and function of literature, and the extent to which these were realized in the...(展开全部)

Oscar Wilde called this collection of essays the "holy writ of beauty." Published to great acclaim in 1837, it examines the work of Renaissance artists such as Winckelmann and the then neglected Botticelli, and includes a celebrated discussion of the Mona Lisa in a study of Da Vinci. The book strongly influenced art students and aesthetes of the day and is still valuable for...(展开全部)

Powers examines the art and politics of the Han dynasty (206 BC to 220 AD) and shows that both were influenced by the rise of an educated, non-aristocratic public who questioned the authority of the ruling class at all levels.

"Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art "spans the period from the 10th to the 15th century, including discussion of the Carolingian renaissance and the 12th century proto-renaissance. Erwin Panofsky posits that there were "reanscences" prior to the widely known Renaissance that began in Italy in the 14th century. Whereas earlier renascences can be classified as revivals, t...(展开全部)

"Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art "spans the period from the 10th to the 15th century, including discussion of the Carolingian renaissance and the 12th century proto-renaissance. Erwin Panofsky posits that there were "reanscences" prior to the widely known Renaissance that began in Italy in the 14th century. Whereas earlier renascences can be classified as revivals, t...(展开全部)

For courses in Renaissance Art. Through close examination of Renaissance paintings, drawings, book illustrations, and other art works, Patricia Fortini Brown brings fourteenth and fifteenth century Venice alive. She explores the role of the guilds and the nobility, the unique island setting, the environment of the church and the private home, the political rivalries with other...(展开全部)