This extraordinary catalogue accompanies a major traveling exhibition of 128 works of bronze, jade, and clay dating from the thirteenth century B.C. to the second century A.D. The majority of these stunningly sophisticated works of art--among the most unusual and spectacular produced anywhere in the ancient world--all come from a startling archaeological discovery made just fou...(展开全部)

In this sensational chronicle, first published in 1958, Burgo Partridge (scion of Bloomsbury luminaries Ralph and Frances Partridge) coolly and with great erudition, tells the story of one of the most fascinating of social phenomena: the orgy.

This book explores the historical interactions between Beijing and the West before the Opium War. It focuses on the experiences of Western travellers, missionaries and envoys who visited Beijing during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. As the capital of Imperial China since the Yuan dynasty, Beijing has been central to communication between China and the West. The study uses f...(展开全部)

毛里齐奥·斯卡尔帕里（司马儒），意大利汉学家，曾担任东亚研究系主任，亚洲与北非研究学院院长等职位。主要研究中国的先秦时期，长期耕耘在中国古代哲学思想、文学史、考古学领域，从各个可能的角度研究中国文明的形成与兴起，探究中国文化和身份的基本特征，尤其是传统与现代的关系。出版了多部著作，包括《孟子与执政之道》（2013）、《道教：历史、学说与实践》（2014）、《儒家学说》（2015）、《回归孔子之道：在传统文化与现代市场之间的今日中国》（2015）等。

毛里齐奥·斯卡尔帕里（司马儒），意大利汉学家，曾担任东亚研究系主任，亚洲与北非研究学院院长等职位。主要研究中国的先秦时期，长期耕耘在中国古代哲学思想、文学史、考古学领域，从各个可能的角度研究中国文明的形成与兴起，探究中国文化和身份的基本特征，尤其是传统与现代的关系。出版了多部著作，包括《孟子与执政之道》（2013）、《道教：历史、学说与实践》（2014）、《儒家学说》（2015）、《回归孔子之道：在传统文化与现代市场之间的今日中国》（2015）等。

Roman civilization has left an astounding legacy in the modern world, manifesting itself in everything from language and legal systems to roads and buildings. Rome: Splendours of an Ancient Civilization celebrates the diversity and extraordinary riches of this great culture in some of the finest photographs ever taken of Roman monuments, art treasures, cities and landscapes. Il...(展开全部)

In 1975, at the height of Indira Gandhi’s “Emergency,” V. S. Naipaul returned to India, the country his ancestors had left one hundred years earlier. Out of that journey he produced this concise masterpiece: a vibrant, defiantly unsentimental portrait of a society traumatized by centuries of foreign conquest and immured in a mythic vision of its past. Drawing on novels, news r...(展开全部)

From the 1790s until World War I, Western museums filled their shelves with art and antiquities from around the world. These objects are now widely regarded as stolen from their countries of origin, and demands for their repatriation grow louder by the day. In The Compensations of Plunder, Justin M. Jacobs brings to light the historical context of the exodus of cultural treasur...(展开全部)

From the 1790s until World War I, Western museums filled their shelves with art and antiquities from around the world. These objects are now widely regarded as stolen from their countries of origin, and demands for their repatriation grow louder by the day. In The Compensations of Plunder, Justin M. Jacobs brings to light the historical context of the exodus of cultural treasur...(展开全部)

渡边淳一《失乐园》英文版