A reflective book about international contemporary art jewellery that aims to open up new points of view about what art jewellery is or can be.

A classic Antique Collectors' Club title, "Understanding Jewellery" is unique in explaining why jewellery values vary and the individual points important for each category. Explanations are given in a straightforward, uncomplicated manner with a text largely linked directly to specific illustrations. This makes the assimilation of the information much easier than in traditional...(展开全部)

Around 1900 the Pforzheim jewellery-making industry, which had been established since 1767, underwent an upturn to flourish as never before. The participation of Pforzheim businesses in the 1900 Paris World Exhibition and the thorough assimilation of a variety of influences from abroad - including the figurative French Art Nouveau style - ensured that Pforzheim Art Nouveau jewe...(展开全部)

John Clarke has travelled widely in the area and his fascinating text discusses the connection of jewellery to religion and folk beliefs and its rich and many-layered symbolism. Drawing together historical texts and the oral traditions of living craftsmen, he gives a picture of how goldsmiths and jewellers operated in the past and today, and how jewellery was worn then and now....(展开全部)

Philosophy of Art is a textbook for undergraduate students interested in the topic of philosophical aesthetics. It aims to introduce the techniques of analytic philosophy in addition to a selection of the major topics in this field of inquiry. These include the representational theory of art, formalism, neo-formalism, aesthetic theories of art, neo-Wittgensteinism, the Institut...(展开全部)

《frieze》1991年创刊于伦敦，被公认为是有关当代艺术的世界权威刊物，刊发的文章涵盖当代艺术领域的方方面面。《frieze》的作者团队有些本身就是艺术家，有些来自音乐、电影、哲学、文学等不同领域。跨界背景使《frieze》可以超越艺术的范畴书写文化和时代 ，成为国际 上首屈一指的设计精美、通俗易通、信息丰富的艺术类杂志。 译者 严蓓雯，毕业于北京大学中文系古典文献专业和比较文学与比较文化研究所，现任职于中国社会科学院外国文学研究所，是《外国文学评论》资深编辑。出版有《资本主义文化矛盾》《后殖民理性批判》《费顿经典：时间的回归·提香》等多部学术译著。 乔修峰，中国社会科学院研究生院英语语言文学博士，现任社科院外文所英美文学研究室副主任。出版有《世界的语言》《记忆的隐喻》《欧洲中世纪史》等多部译著。 蒋文惠，毕业于北京大学英语系，现为加拿大皇家大学...(展开全部)

This groundbreaking new survey of contemporary art covers all the major art movements since 1970, the impact they have had. Each chapter contains a one or two page spread dedicated to artists commenting on their own work or the work of other artists.

Taking a novel approach to the contradictory impulses of violence and care, illness and healing, this book radically shifts the way we think of the interrelations of institutions and experiences in a globalizing world. Living and Dying in the Contemporary World is not just another reader in medical anthropology but a true tour de force—a deep exploration of all that makes life ...(展开全部)