During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Chinese furniture reached a pinnacle of exceptional design and meticulous workmanship. "Beyond the Screen" leads the reader on a journey that encompasses not only the evolution of these exquisite furnishings, but also includes the many literary, architectural and visual contexts in which they were created. Alongside 64 superb colo...(展开全部)

Now available from Abrams, this popular book offers a rare, close-up look at the exquisite, labor-intensive details seen in fine historical clothing. Perfect decorative seams, minute stitching, knife-sharp pleats, and voluptuous drapery--all are here, alongside more unusual techniques such as stamping, pinking, and slashing. Most of these effects cannot be replicated by machine...(展开全部)

This book presents a survey of Chinese painting from the eighth to the 14th century, a period during which the nature of China's pictorial art changed dramatically. Illustrated by works in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the author begins by describing the advent toward the end of the Bronze Age of figural representation in Chinese art, and next trac...(展开全部)

Italian Architecture of the 16th Century is the last published work of the legendary Colin Rowe, the fruit of his four-year collaboration with Leon Satkowski, a Rowe student and author of Giorgio Vasari: Architect and Courtier. The book is a testament to the buildings, architects, and artists Rowe most deeply appreciated. For the millions of travelers who flock to Italy to see ...(展开全部)

Southeast Asia has long been seen as a unity, although other terms have been used to describe it: Further India, Little China, the Nanyang. The region has had a protracted maritime history. Confucianism, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Christianity are all represented. It has seen a quintet of colonial powers - Britain, France, The Netherlands, Spain, the United States. Most recentl...(展开全部)

基思·托马斯爵士（Sir Keith Thomas，1933— ），英国历史学家，代表作为《16和17世纪英格兰大众信仰研究》和《人类与自然世界》。曾任牛津大学基督圣体学院院长、牛津大学副校长、《牛津国家人物传记大辞典》顾问。1988年因对早期现代英国历史研究的贡献， 被女王授予骑士爵位。在知名历史刊物《今日历史》创刊六十周年的历史学家评选上，托马斯是仅有的被三位专家推选的史学大家。

Between the end of the Middle Ages and the eighteenth century, what methods were used to monitor and control the increasing number of texts--from the early handwritten books to the later, printed volumes--that were being put into circulation? In "The Order of Books, Chartier examines the different systems required to regulate the world of writing through the centuries, from the...(展开全部)

罗杰•夏蒂埃1945年12月9日生于法国里昂，1967年获索邦大学硕士学位，1969年，他取得法国的大学历史学教师资格，1969-1970年，他任巴黎Lycee Louis-le-Gand的助理教授，同年为巴黎第一大学的现代史助理教授，后任法国社会科学高等研究院（EHESS）高级讲师，后担任该院所长。2006年始任法国学院教授，执掌“现代欧洲的书写文化”教职。 罗杰•夏蒂埃法国第四代年鉴学派、新文化史研究的代表人物，他的阅读史研究一般被视为新文化史和思想史的结合，扩大了书籍史的外延，在物质实践之处，他更关注一种文化实践的阅读，他认为正是阅读的发生，书籍的真正意义才会产生。他的关于书籍史的横跨社会史、文化史、思想史的研究方式使他成为当代最为重要的史学大师之一。其主要著作有：《法国编辑史》（主编）4卷（1989–1991）、《旧制度下法国的阅读和读者》（...(展开全部)

In Seeking Justice at the Court of the Khans of Khiva, Sartori and Abdurasulov show that in Khorezm prior to Sovietization the dispensation of justice according to Islamic law depended mostly on a group of officials representing the dynasty in power, and lacking specialised legal training.

迈耶•夏皮罗（Meyer Schapiro, 1904-1996），曾为哥伦比亚大学校级教授，艺术史学科中最卓越的人物之一。与思想史界的以赛亚•伯林齐名，长期以来被认为是美术史界的传奇。夏皮罗的学术成就集中体现在其四卷本的选集中。它们是《罗马式艺术》（Romanesque Art, 1977）、《现代艺术：19与20世纪》（Modern Art: 19th and 20th Centuries, 1978）、《古代晚期、基督教早期和中世纪艺术》（Late Antique, Early Christian and Medieval Art, 1979），以及《艺术理论与哲学：风格、艺术家和社会》（Theory and Philosophy of Art: Style, Artist and Society, 1994）。夏皮罗一生获得过无数荣誉，其中包...(展开全部)