When we view a work of art, we often experience an emotional response, but the causes of our reactions are complex. Our knowledge of why we respond to art as we do is rooted in science—in psychology and biology. Eric R. Kandel traces the origins of this understanding to early twentieth-century Vienna, which gave rise to the concept of the “beholder’s share,” the realization tha...(展开全部)

作者简介 拉里·劳丹，美国著名科学哲学家与认识论学者，曾在伦敦大学学院、匹兹堡大学等高校任教。劳丹致力于批判实证主义与相对主义传统，主张科学进步体现为解决概念性问题与减少异常现象的综合过程。其主要著作包括《进步及其问题》《超越实证主义与相对主义》等。 译者简介 安金辉，辽宁鞍山人，1972年出生。中国政法大学法学学士，武汉大学哲学硕士，中国科学院自然科学史研究所理学博士。已出版多部科技史译著及编译作品，包括《罗明坚中国地图志》《天朝大国的景象》《技术的历程》《在卫星的阴影下》《变化中的北欧国家创新体系》等。

Essays on media systems and contemporary art by a leading theorist of modern visual culture. Tricks of the Light brings together essays by critic and art historian Jonathan Crary, internationally known for his groundbreaking and widely admired studies of modern Western visual culture. This collection features a compelling selection of Crary’s responses to modern and contemporar...(展开全部)

Essays on media systems and contemporary art by a leading theorist of modern visual culture. Tricks of the Light brings together essays by critic and art historian Jonathan Crary, internationally known for his groundbreaking and widely admired studies of modern Western visual culture. This collection features a compelling selection of Crary’s responses to modern and contemporar...(展开全部)

When, in 1989, a collection of John Updike’s writings on art appeared under the title Just Looking , a reviewer in the San Francisco Chronicle commented, “He refreshes for us the sense of prose opportunity that makes art a sustaining subject to people who write about it.” In the sixteen years since Just Looking was published, he has continued to serve as an art critic, mos...(展开全部)

Michael Fried's often controversial art criticism defines the contours of late modernism in the visual arts. This volume contains 27 pieces, including the introduction to the catalogue for "Three American Painters," the text of his book "Morris Louis," and "Art and Objecthood." Originally published between 1962 and 1977, the essays continue to generate debate today. These are u...(展开全部)

Michael Fried's often controversial art criticism defines the contours of late modernism in the visual arts. This volume contains 27 pieces, including the introduction to the catalogue for "Three American Painters," the text of his book "Morris Louis," and "Art and Objecthood." Originally published between 1962 and 1977, the essays continue to generate debate today. These are u...(展开全部)

朱尔·昂利·彭加勒（Jules Henri Poincaré，1854-1912）是法国著名的数学家、天文学家、物理学家和科学哲学家，他以其出众的才华、渊博的学识、广泛的研究和杰出的贡献赢得了国际性的声誉。 昂利·彭加勒1854年4月29日生于法国南希。他的父亲是一位第一流的生理学家兼医生、南希医科大学教授。他的母亲是一位善良、机敏、聪明的女性。他的叔父曾当过国家道路桥梁部的检查官。他的堂弟雷蒙·彭加勒（Raymond Poincaré）曾几度组阁，任总理兼外交部长，并于1913年1月至1920年初任法兰西第三共和国第九届总统。 昂利·彭加勒自幼受到良好的家庭教育，很早就对自然、历史和经典名著表现出极大的兴趣。15岁时，他深深地爱上了数学。1872至1875年，他在巴黎高等工业学校学习。从该校毕业后，年方21岁的彭加勒又进入国立高等矿业学校深造，打算...(展开全部)

Women, Art, and Power-seven landmark essays on women artists and women in art history-brings together the work of almost twenty years of scholarship and speculation.

Women, Art, and Power-seven landmark essays on women artists and women in art history-brings together the work of almost twenty years of scholarship and speculation.