This book seeks to broaden the comprehension of the student of Italian Renaissance painting by concentrating not on the works of art themselves, but on the various artistic theories which influenced them or were expressed by them. Taking Alberti's treatises as his starting-point, Anthony Blunt traces the development of artistic theory from Humanism to Mannerism. He discusses th...(展开全部)

This book seeks to broaden the comprehension of the student of Italian Renaissance painting by concentrating not on the works of art themselves, but on the various artistic theories which influenced them or were expressed by them. Taking Alberti's treatises as his starting-point, Anthony Blunt traces the development of artistic theory from Humanism to Mannerism. He discusses th...(展开全部)

Forgotten Experts offers a history of Ottoman court astrologers and traces their shifting authority and prestige over the long sixteenth century. These individuals served the Ottoman court with their expertise in mathematical, astronomical, and astrological sciences, distinguishing themselves from other occult practitioners and esoteric specialists. While both prophecy and prog...(展开全部)

For upper-level undergraduate courses in Italian Renaissance Art. "Art mattered in the Renaissance...People expected painting, sculpture, architecture, and other forms of visual art to have a meaningful effect on their lives," write the authors of this important new look at Italian Renaissance art. A glance at the pages of Art in Renaissance Italy shows at once its freshness a...(展开全部)

约翰.T.帕雷提： 康涅狄格州米德尔敦Wesleyan大学艺术史教授。毕业于耶鲁大学，著述颇丰，包括《意大利文艺复兴时期的艺术协作 》（编著之一，1978），《锡耶纳洗礼池》（1979）和《艺术文化论》（1986）。曾担任美国高校艺术联合会《艺术通报》主编一职。 加里.M.拉德克： 锡拉库萨大学文艺复兴史专家、美国罗马学会成员。 先后从锡拉库萨大学，密歇根州立大学和纽约大学艺术学院获得学位。著有《维泰博：一个13世纪教皇宫殿的侧影》（1997）。任佐治亚州亚特兰大市艺术博物馆负责意大利艺术展的名誉馆长一职。

Art mattered in the Renaissance... People expected painting, sculpture, architecture, and other forms of visual art to have a meaningful effect on their lives,” write the authors of this introduction to Italian Renaissance art. A glance at the pages of Art in Renaissance Italy shows at once its freshness and breadth of approach, which includes thorough explanation int...(展开全部)

"Impressively erudite...richly illustrated...A sound reference for all readers."--Choice Spanning more than three centuries, this beautiful and authoritative work brings to life the rich tapestry of Italian Renaissance society and the art works that are its enduring legacy. Fresh and broad in approach, this is the only serious book on the subject to integrate both social and a...(展开全部)

这项历时十年的古代中国艺术研究，考察了从新石器晚期（公元前第四千纪）到战国末期（前三世纪）的玉器、陶器、丝绸、漆器、铜器和展示性文字的历史。本书两位学者聚焦于艺术史研究的根本问题：艺术史学家必须依靠考古学，也必须依赖从物品本身所能攫取的信息。 要想阐述艺术品的历史——要想解释它们——势必要找到通向个人思维的途径，无论他们的名字是否为人所知。当我们能找到一件作品的可信的前身时，这些前期作品就为我们提供了途径来理解作品背后所蕴含的思考，因为作品背离其前身之处，反映出了有意识或无意识做出的决定。半个世纪以来，中国考古学家从年代确切或者信息丰富的遗迹中所揭示的材料之丰富让人难以想象，极大地改善了此等研究的前景。 本书图版里的大部分作品在1970年时仍然深藏地下，那一年写的书决不可能做出贝格利和王海城在本书中的尝试。由于考古发掘仍在高速进行，现在写的书也决不可...(展开全部)