John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) was one of America's most famous economists for good reason. From his acerbic analysis of America's "private wealth and public squalor" to his denunciation of the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, Galbraith consistently challenged "conventional wisdom" (a phrase he coined). He did so as a witty commentator on America's political follies and as a versa...(展开全部)

A new biography with all accessible paintings illustrated in colour. <br />Traces the life and career of the seventeenth-century painter, shows all of his works, and offers a fresh analysis of each painting.

Celebrated in his own time as well as the present,Rembrandt's works have remarkable staying power. His output was prodigious, totalling around 600 paintings, 300 etchings and 2,000 drawings ranging from commissioned portraits to landscapes to religious allegories. In spite of his longstanding popularity, however, authoritative accounts of Rembrandt's life and work have been dif...(展开全部)

Sculptor, architect, painter, playwright, and scenographer, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was the last of the universal artistic geniuses of early modern Italy, placed by both contemporaries and posterity in the same exalted company as Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo. And his artistic vision remains palpably present today, through the countless statues, fountains, and bu...(展开全部)

泰奥菲尔·戈蒂耶是法国唯美主义先驱，“为艺术而艺术”的倡导者。1835年发表小说《莫班小姐》，此篇小说序言被公认为唯美主义宣言。他提出“文学可以无视社会道德”的主张，反对文学艺术反映社会问题，认为艺术的价值在于其完美的形式，艺术家任务在于表现形式美。1840年发表诗集《西班牙》，力图用诗来表达造型艺术。代表作《珐琅和雕玉》是他美学观点的具体实践。被奉为艺术的典范。戈蒂耶还撰写小说、游记、戏剧、随笔 、回忆录及大量评论。小说还有《木乃伊传奇》、《弗拉格斯上尉》和短篇小说集《青年法兰西》等。

Mongol leader Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known. His empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East, and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power and subdue most of the known world, eclipsing Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon? Credited by some with ...(展开全部)

作者简介 简•格拉芙，英国当代著名指挥家、古典音乐学者。早年毕业于牛津大学。在1975年的维克斯福德音乐节上，她以自己编定的卡瓦利（Cavalli）的歌剧《埃力忒莉娅》（L ʼEritrea）完成了职业生涯的首演，这也是创作于17世纪的该剧在当代的首次复排演出。 1981年至1985年，她出任格林德伯恩巡回歌剧团的音乐总监，带领剧团上演了《后宫诱逃》《伊德梅尼欧》《唐•乔万尼》及《女人皆如此》等多部莫扎特的歌剧作品；1984年至1991年，出任伦敦莫扎特演奏家乐团艺术总监；2009年至2016年，在皇家音乐学院任歌剧系主任，至今仍在此任教，同时也在牛津大学任客座教授。简•格拉芙指挥过英国多个重要的交响乐团和室内乐团，也曾在欧陆、美国、亚洲和澳洲的各大乐团职棒。在最近几个音乐季当中，她和纽约爱乐乐团、克利夫兰交响乐团、费城交响乐团、班贝格交响乐团等团体...(展开全部)

Throughout his life, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was enchanted, amused, aroused, and betrayed by women—his mother, sister, wife, sisters-in-law, female patrons, friends, lovers, and fellow artists—and he was equally complex to them. But ultimately the great composer loved and respected the women he knew intimately and those whom he admired from afar. In this fascinating, evocative,...(展开全部)

Throughout his life, Mozart was inspired, fascinated, amused, aroused, hurt, disappointed and betrayed by women -- and he was equally complex to them. But, first and last, Mozart loved and respected women. His mother, his sister, his wife, her sisters, and his female patrons, friends, lovers and fellow artists all figure prominently in his life. And his experience, observati...(展开全部)