The sophistication of the photographic process has had two dramatic results—freeing the artist from the confines of journalistic reproductions and freeing the scientist from the unavoidable imprecision of the artist's prints. So released, both have prospered and produced their impressive nineteenth- and twentieth-century outputs. It is this premise that William M. Ivins, Jr., e...(展开全部)

For anyone responsible for designing, specifying, implementing, documenting, or managing the visual appearance of computer-based information displays. Ironically, many designers of graphical user interfaces are not always aware of the fundamental techniques that are applied to communication-oriented visual design - techniques that can be used to enhance the visual quality of G...(展开全部)

Relevance, first published in 1986, was named as one of the most important and influential books of the decade in the Times Higher Educational Supplement. This revised edition includes a new Preface outlining developments in Relevance Theory since 1986, discussing the more serious criticisms of the theory, and envisaging possible revisions or extensions. The book sets out ...(展开全部)

The question "What can justify criminal punishment ?" becomes especially insistent at times, like our own, of penal crisis, when serious doubts are raised not only about the justice or efficacy of particular modes of punishment, but about the very legitimacy of the whole penal system. Recent theorizing about punishment offers a variety of answers to that question-answers that t...(展开全部)

Well-known as a sculptor, Kiki Smith has also worked extensively as a printmaker--in fact her printed works and other editioned art, including books and multiples, are arguably as important as her sculpture. Smith emerged in the early 1980s as one of a generation of artists who returned to figurative imagery after a period in which American art had leaned to the abstract and co...(展开全部)

For introductory courses in Computer Graphics. The importance of computer graphics is spreading beyond the computer science discipline and graphics experts. This new introduction to computer graphics is perfect for any school that does not focus strictly on developing graduate students in the field. Unlike "algorithms and techniques" texts, it offers a good introduction to grap...(展开全部)

A new edition of Laura Mulvey's groundbreaking collection of essays, originally published in 1989. in an extensive introduction to this second edition, Mulvey looks back at the historical and personal contests for her famous article "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema, "and reassesses her theories in the light of new technologies.

Dashboards have become popular in recent years as uniquely powerful tools for communicating important information at a glance. Although dashboards are potentially powerful, this potential is rarely realized. The greatest display technology in the world won't solve this if you fail to use effective visual design. And, if a dashboard fails to tell you precisely what you need to k...(展开全部)

瑞士平面设计先驱约瑟夫·米勒–布罗克曼 (Josef Müller-Brockmann) (1914.5.9 - 1996.8.30) 是瑞士的一位平面设计师和教师，曾于苏黎世的大学与艺术工商学校修习建筑、设计与艺术史专业。1936年，他在苏黎世开了一家专门从事 平面设计、展会 设计与摄影的工作室。1951年起，他开始为苏黎世的音乐厅设计音乐会海报。1958年，他成为了《新平面设计》(New Graphic Design) 的主编，与 R.P. Lohse、C. Vivarelli、H. Neuburg 共事。1966年，他被任命为IBM的欧洲设计顾问。布罗克曼因他的极简主义设计与简洁的排版、图形和色彩而闻名，他的设计对21世纪的众多平面设计师都产生了重大影响。他还出版了多本视觉传达与设计类书籍。 监修 杨林青，1999年毕业于清华大学美术学院视觉传...(展开全部)