[英] 玛格丽特·米（Margaret Mee）著 英国植物艺术家、探险家，专注于亚马孙森林植物研究。她的作品深受世界各地的植物学家和艺术评论家的赞誉。 1909年5月22日，玛格丽特出生在英国中产之家，早期受过良好的文化、艺术和戏剧教育，战争时期帮助好友躲避纳粹， 后进入飞机制造工厂绘制图纸为国效力。1956年，47岁的她进入了巴西雨林，开始了长达32年的森林探险，为植物科学和环保事业奉献了自己的后半生。她曾先后15次深入亚马孙流域的勘探，记录和绘制那里的珍奇植物。由她发现和命名的植物，便有9种之多。1988年11月30日晚，她在莱斯特的交通意外中去世。在其后举办的追思会中，英国菲利普亲王及巴西政要均到场致哀。 她曾获得： 🏆 1971 · 古根海姆奖 🎖 1976 · 大英帝国员佐勋章 🎖 1979 · 巴西共和国南十字星勋章 🏅 1986 · ...(展开全部)

Illustration permeates all areas of design, be it industrial design, interior design, or product design, but nowhere is its impact and influence felt more directly than in the world of fashion design. Hot fashion illustration commands attention and influences shoppers choices by allowing products to stand out boldly, and communicate directly, the feeling, vibe, and mission of a...(展开全部)

Illustration permeates all areas of design, be it industrial design, interior design, or product design, but nowhere is its impact and influence felt more directly than in the world of fashion design. Hot fashion illustration commands attention and influences shoppers choices by allowing products to stand out boldly, and communicate directly, the feeling, vibe, and mission of a...(展开全部)

夏尔·波德莱尔（Charles Baudelair, 1821-1867），法国诗人。作品有诗集《恶之花》和散文诗集《巴黎的忧郁》，另写有大量文学和美学论文。他被认为是使欧洲人的经验方式和写作方式发生重大变革的作家，他的美学理论在诗歌和艺术史上是一个重大转折点，是现代主义各流派灵感与理论的不尽泉源。

December 1937. The Japanese have taken Nanking. A group of terrified schoolgirls hides in the compound of an American church. Among them is Shujuan, through whose thirteen-year-old eyes we witness the shocking events that follow. Run by Father Engelmann, an American priest who has been in China for many years, the church is supposedly neutral ground in the war between China and...(展开全部)

Jack Goody's new book takes as its theme the symbolic and transactional uses of flowers in secular life and religious ritual from ancient Egypt to modern times. He links the use of flowers to the rise of advanced systems of agriculture, the growth of social stratification, and the spread of luxury goods, looking at the history of aesthetic horticulture in Europe and Asia. Other...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful in communicating mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to ...(展开全部)

What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion--imageability--and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuil...(展开全部)

What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion--imageability--and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuil...(展开全部)

Jean Genet's first, and arguably greatest, novel was written while he was in prison. As Sartre recounts in his introduction, Genet penned this work on the brown paper which inmates were supposed to use to fold bags as a form of occupational therapy. The masterpiece he managed to produce under those difficult conditions is a lyrical portrait of the criminal underground of Paris ...(展开全部)