This classic by a noted art historian focuses on French cathedrals of the 13th century as the apotheosis of the medieval style. Topics include iconography, bestiaries, illustrated calendars, the gospels, secular history, and many other aspects. "The most illuminating, the most informing, and the most penetrating book on the subject." — Bernard Berenson. 190 black-and-white illu...(展开全部)

This classic by a noted art historian focuses on French cathedrals of the 13th century as the apotheosis of the medieval style. Topics include iconography, bestiaries, illustrated calendars, the gospels, secular history, and many other aspects. "The most illuminating, the most informing, and the most penetrating book on the subject." — Bernard Berenson. 190 black-and-white illu...(展开全部)

Emile Male's book aids understanding of medieval art and medieval symbolism, and of the vision of the world which presided over the building of the French cathedrals. It looks at French religious art in the Middle Ages, its forms, and especially the Eastern sources of sculptural iconography used in the cathedrals of France. Fully illustrated with many footnotes it acts as a use...(展开全部)

Emile Male's book aids understanding of medieval art and medieval symbolism, and of the vision of the world which presided over the building of the French cathedrals. It looks at French religious art in the Middle Ages, its forms, and especially the Eastern sources of sculptural iconography used in the cathedrals of France. Fully illustrated with many footnotes it acts as a use...(展开全部)

Based on a large amount of manuscript material, the so-called manorial court rolls, that has been very little studied hitherto, this fascinating book describes all sides of the social life of mediaeval English villagers. It furnishes a picture of the rural background of English history: how the villagers worked together in the fields under the conditions of a nearly communal hu...(展开全部)

"The art historian after Erwin Panofsky and Ernst Gombrich is not only participating in an activity of great intellectual excitement; he is raising and exploring issues which lie very much at the centre of psychology, of the sciences and of history itself. Svetlana Alpers's study of 17th-century Dutch painting is a splendid example of this excitement and of the centrality of ar...(展开全部)

"The art historian after Erwin Panofsky and Ernst Gombrich is not only participating in an activity of great intellectual excitement; he is raising and exploring issues which lie very much at the centre of psychology, of the sciences and of history itself. Svetlana Alpers's study of 17th-century Dutch painting is a splendid example of this excitement and of the centrality of ar...(展开全部)

斯韦特兰娜•阿尔珀斯（Svetlana Alpers，1936— ），美国著名艺术史家，加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校荣休教授，主要研究荷兰黄金年代的艺术作品。著有《描绘的艺术——17世纪的荷兰艺术》《伦勃朗的企业——工作室与艺术市场》《制造鲁本斯》等，其中《描绘的艺术》获得1983年尤金•凯登最佳图书奖[Eugene M. Kayden Award]。 王晓丹，毕业于中国美术学院，现就职于北京外国语大学中华文化国际传播研究院。译有《电影的历史》《记忆断片——巴克森德尔回忆录》《两难之境——艺术与经济的利害关系》《乔治亚•欧姬芙》《杰克逊•波洛克》《化身博士》《艾米莉的诗样年华》等16本译著；在《新美术》《美术研究》《国际汉学》等学术期刊发表文章若干。

Must a gift be given freely? How can we tell a gift from a bribe? Are gifts always a part of human relations -- or do they lose their power and importance once the market takes hold and puts a price on every exchange? These questions are central to our sense of social relations past and present, and they are at the heart of this book by one of our most interesting and renowned ...(展开全部)