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)

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)

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)

Clothes define people. A person’s attire, whether it’s a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential code to his or her culture, class, personality, even faith. Founded in 1978, the Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding clothes from sociological, historical, and artistic perspectives. With one of the world’s most extensive clothing collections, ...(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)

The subject of The Wheels of Commerce is the development of mechanisms of exchange--shops, markets, trade networks, and banking--in the pre-industrial stages of capitalism.

This is the first volume to appear in the 'Origins of the Modern State in Europe' series, which arises from an important international research programme sponsored by the European Sciences Foundation.The aim of the series, which comprises seven volumes, is to bring together specialists from different countries, who reinterpret from a comparative European perspective, different ...(展开全部)

A fashion history from the 18th to the 20th century Clothes define people. A person's clothing, whether it's a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential key to his or her culture, class, personality, or even religion. The Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding clothing sociologically, historically, and artistically. Founded in 1978, the KCI hol...(展开全部)