A lively and timely introduction to the roots of self-understanding--who we are and how we should act--in the cultures of ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and Middle Ages and the Renaissance "Know thyself"--this fundamental imperative appeared for the first time in ancient Greece, specifically in Delphi, the temple of the god Apollo, who represented the enlightened power of re...(展开全部)

The stunning masterpieces of Ancient Greece and Rome are fundamental to the story of art in Western culture and to the origins of art history. The expanding Greek world of Alexander the Great had an enormous impact on the Mediterranean superpower of Rome. Generals, rulers, and artists seized, imitated, and re-thought the stunning legacy of Greek painting and sculpture, culminat...(展开全部)

The stunning masterpieces of Ancient Greece and Rome are fundamental to the story of art in Western culture and to the origins of art history. The expanding Greek world of Alexander the Great had an enormous impact on the Mediterranean superpower of Rome. Generals, rulers, and artists seized, imitated, and re-thought the stunning legacy of Greek painting and sculpture, culminat...(展开全部)

门罗·C.比尔兹利（Monroe C. Beardsley，1915-1985）生于美国康涅狄格州的布里德波特，耶鲁大学博士，坦普尔大学教授。曾与W.K.温姆萨特合作，发表了《意图谬误》和《感受谬误》两篇文章，成为“美学新批评”的重要代表人物。他在美学上的代表作是《美学：批评哲学中的问题》，该书基本上坚持了分析美学的方法，又深受杜威实用主义美学的影响。作者的其他著作还有《批评的可能性》和《审美观点论文集》。

This volume provides a survey of the history of architecture in Europe and North America, from ancient Greece to the present. Ian Sutton focuses both on the technological achievements of architects, and on aesthetic considerations, and stresses that architecture is both a part of history, and an art form in its own right. Arranged chronolgically, the book is divided into chapte...(展开全部)

This volume provides a survey of the history of architecture in Europe and North America, from ancient Greece to the present. Ian Sutton focuses both on the technological achievements of architects, and on aesthetic considerations, and stresses that architecture is both a part of history, and an art form in its own right. Arranged chronolgically, the book is divided into chapte...(展开全部)

There is a rich body of encyclopaedic writing which survives from the two millennia before the Enlightenment. This book sheds new light on that material. It traces the development of traditions of knowledge ordering which stretched back to Pliny and Varro and others in the classical world. It works with a broad concept of encyclopaedism, resisting the idea that there was any cl...(展开全部)

托马斯·马太(Thomas F. Matthews)是纽约大学美术研究所的艺术学教授，先后有多篇论文和多本专著论述早期基督教、拜占庭文化和建筑。

History of Western Thought contains in-depth discussion of the philosophical movements along with discussions on the natural sciences, the establishment of the Humanities, Socialism and Fascism, Psycholanalysis and the rise of the social sciences. 'This book largely hits its target and is useful not only for students of philosophy, but also for a broader audience. The authors d...(展开全部)