Monet is one of the leading figures of the Impressionist group of painters that came to the fore in France in the second half of the nineteenth century. This project is aimed at established fans and for those wishing to learn about him for the first time. With the inclusion of facsimiles of some 30 documents from Claude Monet's personal papers and associated archives, "Musee Ma...(展开全部)

In this stunning reassessment, Nicole T. C. Chiang argues that the famous Qianlong art collection is really ‘the collection of the imperial household in the Qianlong reign’. The distinction is significant because it strips away the modern, Eurocentric preconceptions that have led scholars to misconstrue the size of the collection, the role of nationalism in its formation, the d...(展开全部)

Treasures of Asia 系列之一，图片印制朴素精美。 一部当成小说来写的中国绘画史。

Ian Stewart 英国著名数学教育家，一直致力于推动数学知识走通俗易懂的道路。他在科学普及方面做出了巨大贡献，被授予英国皇家学会法拉第奖章，并于2001年加入了该 学会。他编著的科学书籍深受广大读者喜爱，包括《上帝掷骰子吗？》、《更平坦之地》、《给青年数学家的信》、《如何切蛋糕》、《数学万花筒：五光十色的数 学趣题和逸事》以及与特里•普拉切特合著的《碟形世界之科学》。目前任《新科学》期刊的数学顾问及华威大学数学系教授。

In this sensational chronicle, first published in 1958, Burgo Partridge (scion of Bloomsbury luminaries Ralph and Frances Partridge) coolly and with great erudition, tells the story of one of the most fascinating of social phenomena: the orgy.

Ian Stewart 英国著名数学教育家，一直致力于推动数学知识走通俗易懂的道路。他在科学普及方面做出了巨大贡献，被授予英国皇家学会法拉第奖章，并于2001年加入了该 学会。他编著的科学书籍深受广大读者喜爱，包括《上帝掷骰子吗？》、《更平坦之地》、《给青年数学家的信》、《如何切蛋糕》、《数学万花筒：五光十色的数 学趣题和逸事》以及与特里•普拉切特合著的《碟形世界之科学》。目前任《新科学》期刊的数学顾问及华威大学数学系教授。

In this thought-provoking new work, historian Justin M. Jacobs challenges the widely accepted belief that much of Western museums’ treasures were acquired by imperialist plunder and theft. The account reexamines the allegedly immoral provenance of Western collections, advocating for a nuanced understanding of how artifacts reached Western shores. Jacobs examines the perspective...(展开全部)

This extraordinary catalogue accompanies a major traveling exhibition of 128 works of bronze, jade, and clay dating from the thirteenth century B.C. to the second century A.D. The majority of these stunningly sophisticated works of art--among the most unusual and spectacular produced anywhere in the ancient world--all come from a startling archaeological discovery made just fou...(展开全部)

This extraordinary catalogue accompanies a major traveling exhibition of 128 works of bronze, jade, and clay dating from the thirteenth century B.C. to the second century A.D. The majority of these stunningly sophisticated works of art--among the most unusual and spectacular produced anywhere in the ancient world--all come from a startling archaeological discovery made just fou...(展开全部)