A firsthand survey of the most original graffiti scene to emerge in the past decade. From the startlingly distinctive achievements of the internationally renowned twin-brother painters Os Gemeos to the visual powers of the ubiquitous daredevil Pichadores, Brazil's graffiti captivates with entirely fresh ideas, techniques, and messages. Whether one's taste is for the extraordi...(展开全部)

This concise and accessible survey, the latest title in Thames & Hudsons renowned "World of Art" series, is set to become the definitive popular guide to graffiti and street art. The traditional letter-based graffiti that appeared on the streets of Philadelphia and New York over forty years ago launched a global art movement that has evolved into two distinct disciplines. While...(展开全部)

Ever since anonymous spray-can art began appearing on city walls in New York and Philadelphia in the late 1960s, graffiti has been a ubiquitous presence in the urban landscape, its artists largely unsung heroes. As hip-hop culture spread from America, graffiti became a worldwide phenomenon, emerging in the 1980s as the symbolic artistic language of young people everywhere and o...(展开全部)

‘The beauty, skill and imagination that spills from each page makes you wonder how such work could ever be classified alongside the kind of mindless vandalism you see in your average toilet block’ 　　　– TNT Magazine 　　'… brilliantly charts the developments and trends of what has now become a truly global phenomenon' 　　　– Computer Arts 　　‘Likely to become staple reference m...(展开全部)

Ever since anonymous spray-can art began appearing on city walls in New York and Philadelphia in the late 1960s, graffiti has been a ubiquitous presence in the urban landscape, its artists largely unsung heroes. As hip-hop culture spread from America, graffiti became a worldwide phenomenon, emerging in the 1980s as the symbolic artistic language of young people everywhere and o...(展开全部)

Alex Ross has made his home at Dynamite Entertainment for the past several years with the creation of his own universe in Project Superpowers. Having produced many other illustrations for Dynamite comic books like Green Hornet and Vampirella, and having reunited with his Marvels collaborator, Kurt Busiek, with Kirby: Genesis, there can be no argument that Alex Ross is as popula...(展开全部)

Alex Ross has made his home at Dynamite Entertainment for the past several years with the creation of his own universe in Project Superpowers. Having produced many other illustrations for Dynamite comic books like Green Hornet and Vampirella, and having reunited with his Marvels collaborator, Kurt Busiek, with Kirby: Genesis, there can be no argument that Alex Ross is as popula...(展开全部)

作者简介： 约翰•梅里曼（John Merriman，1946—），密歇根大学历史学博士，耶鲁大学历史学杰出讲席教授，布兰福德学院前院长，美国欧洲史学界权威学者。曾获法国政府颁发的荣誉博士学位、波兰教育部颁发的荣誉勋章、耶鲁大学杰出教学奖。著述甚丰，包括奠定其学术地位并已成为美国高校通行教材的《现代欧洲史》。其主讲的耶鲁大学开放课程“欧洲文明”具有世界性影响 译者简介： 范譞，北京大学社会学系博士，任教于中华女子学院女性学系。研究领域为社会理论、身体社会学与性别研究。

作者简介 苏•普里多（Sue Prideaux，1946— ），英国小说家、传记作者。代表作有《爱德华•蒙克：呐喊背后》（2005年获“詹姆斯•泰特•布莱克纪念奖”传记奖）、《斯特林堡：一生》（2012年获“达夫•库珀奖”，并入围“塞缪尔•约翰逊奖”的候选名单）、《我是炸药！——尼采的一生》（2019年获“霍桑登文学奖”）等。 译者简介 刘翔（1982— ），女，四川成都人，哲学博士，现任职于北京师范大学哲学学院。主要研究领域为消费社会理论、法国哲学、后现代主义思潮。