In architecture, composition refers to the conception of a building according to principles of regularity and hierarchy, or according to the principles of obtaining equilibrium. However, it is not until the beginning of the nineteenth century that the notion of composition becomes truly associated with architectural conception, notably under the influence of Jean-Nicolas-Louis ...(展开全部)

Although the work of Pierre Francastel (1900-1970) has long carried the label "sociology of art," it bears little resemblance to anything conventionally sociological. For too long Francastel has been unavailable to English-language readers, and hence known only through erroneous and secondhand characterizations. This translation of Art and Technology should open the way for a r...(展开全部)

Although the work of Pierre Francastel (1900-1970) has long carried the label "sociology of art," it bears little resemblance to anything conventionally sociological. For too long Francastel has been unavailable to English-language readers, and hence known only through erroneous and secondhand characterizations. This translation of Art and Technology should open the way for a r...(展开全部)

When you think of jazz composers, who comes to mind? Jelly Roll Morton, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Bob Brookmeyer. This book is about what they (and many others) do. Jazz composition has evolved into a disciplined art that often evidences great emotional depth and breadth of sophistication. Berklee College of Music legend Ted Pease demysti...(展开全部)

The Theory of Oral Composition presents a history of the field of oral-formulaic theory. Foley examines the roots of the theory in 19th-century philology and anthropology, documents the contributions of Milman Parry and Albert Lord, measures the effects of Lord's comparative extensions through the impact of The Singer of Tales, and considers important other contributions.

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)

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)

Pendragon Press is proud to offer this new, revised, and expanded edition of Formalized Music, Iannis Xenakis's landmark book of 1971. In addition to three totally new chapters examining recent breakthroughs in music theory, two original computer programs illustrating the actual realization of newly proposed methods of composition, and an appendix of the very latest development...(展开全部)