Bestselling author and acclaimed nature illustrator Clare Walker Leslie invites beginning birdwatchers to hone their observational skills with this easy-to-use visual guide. Using her signature nature journal illustrations, Leslie shows readers the key clues to look for, from the shape of the beak or talons to distinctive feather colorings, flight patterns, and behavioral trait...(展开全部)

Bestselling author and acclaimed nature illustrator Clare Walker Leslie invites beginning birdwatchers to hone their observational skills with this easy-to-use visual guide. Using her signature nature journal illustrations, Leslie shows readers the key clues to look for, from the shape of the beak or talons to distinctive feather colorings, flight patterns, and behavioral trait...(展开全部)

Which of us, when finding ourselves in the presence of a painting, has not sensed that we lack the keys to decipher it? We feel an emotional response, but the work still seems to evade our understanding. Francoise Barbe-Gall combines a nuanced understanding of the way viewers respond to paintings with a rich knowledge of their context and circumstances of their creation. The re...(展开全部)

An Artist’s Insights on Art Appreciation Written by a practicing artist, this book decodes and maps the basic elements of visual art, leading the reader to a greater understanding and appreciation. Not an art history lesson per se, this illustrated guide is rather a tool kit to make the study of art and a visit to the museum truly rewarding. An entertaining and informative read...(展开全部)

'...visually stunning and mentally stimulating' - "Scientific American". 'the author of "What Painting Is" (1998) has written a fascinating new book filled with gorgeous illustrations that would inspire us 'to learn to see anything.' It's a tall order, to be sure, but one that the author pulls off admirably!. "How to Use Your Eyes" is a wondrous visual tour that Elkins hopes wi...(展开全部)

I hope this book will inspire every reader to stop and consider things that are...so clearly meaningless that they never seemed worth a second thought.... Grass, the night sky, a postage stamp, a crack in the sidewalk, a shoulder. Ordinary objects of everyday life. But when we look at them--really look at them--what do we see? In the tradition of John Berger's bestselli...(展开全部)

弗朗索瓦兹·巴尔伯·嘎尔，曾在索邦大学（Sorbonne）和卢浮宫学院（Ecole du Louvre）学习历史和艺术，随后在后者任教。与此同时，她还管理“如何欣赏画作协会（CORETA,Comment Regarder un Tableau, www.coreta.org）”，举行多场讲座。她定期参加管理专业的研讨会，分享她在图像分析、广告和市场营销方面的经验。公司日程出版社（Editions del’Agence de l’Empresa）出版了一本她的文章集锦——《目光》（La Mirada ）、（塞维利亚，2000年）。她还曾就雕塑家汤姆·卡尔（Tom Carr）撰写过多篇论文（《回声与汇聚》（Echos et convergences ），塞雷现代艺术博物馆（musée d’Art moderne de Céret），2002年《对照》（V...(展开全部)

童文菲（Wenfei Tong），美国生物学家、保护工作者。出生于新加坡，自12岁开始观鸟。先后就读于普林斯顿大学和牛津大学，后获哈佛大学生物学博士学位，目前在该校任助理研究员。著有《怎样理解一只鸟》《鸟类之爱：鸟儿的家庭生活》，通过写作、绘画、摄影、教学、演讲及自然导赏，与公众分享她对大自然和科学的热爱。

童文菲（Wenfei Tong），美国生物学家、保护工作者。出生于新加坡，自12岁开始观鸟。先后就读于普林斯顿大学和牛津大学，后获哈佛大学生物学博士学位，目前在该校任助理研究员。著有《怎样理解一只鸟》《鸟类之爱：鸟儿的家庭生活》，通过写作、绘画、摄影、教学、演讲及自然导赏，与公众分享她对大自然和科学的热爱。