A beautifully produced near-facsimile of Turner’s sketchbook collecting his “Wilson” studies: Turner’s sketchbooks were private things that he kept to himself. Of the nearly 300 sketchbooks in Turner’s house at the time of his death and now in the care of the Tate Gallery, the little book reproduced here is one of the most delightful and fascinating. It marks an important stage...(展开全部)

In December 2008 the Groninger Museum will present the largest retrospective of the work of John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) that has ever been organized. Many splendid works come from Australia, Taiwan and Canada, and have not previously been on show in Europe. The artist was born in Rome to British parents but the family soon moved to London. When still young, he assisted ...(展开全部)

John William Waterhouse is among the most popular Victorian artists, and many of his paintings, such as The Lady of Shalott, Hylas and the Nymphs and Ophelia, have become icons of femininity recognized the world over. With their compelling composition, glowing colour and Impressionist-inflected technique, these paintings are admired for their beauty, yet at the same time they h...(展开全部)

［英］威廉·冈特（William Gaunt，1900—1980年）著，英国艺术家、艺术史家。他在19世纪艺术方面著述颇丰。

This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information for the images. Monographs on individual artists also feature a brief chro...(展开全部)

《J.M.库切传》是由J.C.坎尼米耶所著，诺贝尔文学奖、布克奖、耶路撒冷奖得主库切的唯独正式授权传记。70年跨度、16部手稿、被歪曲的事实、被隐秘的历史，首次全面公开。J.M.库切无疑是神秘的，他极少抛头露面，不愿接受媒体采访，也从不公开谈论自己。我们对他的想象，大多来自他小说中勾勒出的亦实亦虚的“约翰”形象。但这一次，库切坦然地把他的人生全部交给了他所信任的传记作家坎尼米耶——这不仅是一部传记，也是一个全球范围内少见的出版事件。本书的意义，或许并不在于我们得到了此前不为人知的细节，而是在于我们终于明白库切为什么不愿谈论自己。

Exploring the development, variety and innovation of the landscape oil sketch this book is generously illustrated with many masterpieces of nineteenth-century British landscape painting. Accomapnies a major UK touring exhibition.

In the late summer of 1831, in a remote section of southeastern Virginia, there took place the only effective, sustained revolt in the annals of American Negro slavery... The revolt was led by a remarkable Negro preacher named Nat Turner, an educated slave who felt himself divinely ordained to annihilate all the white people in the region. The Confessions of Nat Turner is nar...(展开全部)

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE In 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of 'that peculiar institution'. William Styron's ambitious and stunningly accomplished novel is Turner's confession, made to his jailers under the duress of his God. Encompasses the betrayals, cruelties...(展开全部)