One of the most versatile and influential artists of northern Europe in the 7th century, Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) had a remarkable ability to bring his paintings intensely and joyfully alive. He was a successful businessman who ran an efficient studio, and was also a classical scholar, an enthusiastic collector of art and antiquities, and a respected diplomat on intimate t...(展开全部)

This study discusses basic questions about Rubens's art and life, studies two of his bacchic paintings in detail and describes him in a less easy and more identifiably modern predicament.

Reconsiders the concensus on Rubens as a successful, prolific, and facile court painter who is dwarfed by the achievements of his near-contemporary Rembrandt. This book scrutinizes the assumptions upon which this image is built, and discovers an artist involved with ambivalence and ambiguity.

斯韦特兰娜•阿尔珀斯（Svetlana Alpers，1936— ），美国著名艺术史家，1965年获得哈佛大学博士学位，后长期任教于加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校，主要研究荷兰黄金年代的艺术作品。她对于艺术家名望与文化资本之间关系的研究为艺术史的书写方式提供了新的方向，被认为是现代世界艺术史学的重要构成者之一。主要著作有《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》《艺术的烦恼——委拉斯克斯与他人》等。 龚之允，英国苏赛克斯大学艺术史博士，现担任该校艺术史系和中文系讲师，同时也是英国独角兽出版集团学术总监，《中国艺术》《中国美术》和《三联生活周刊》期刊专栏作家。主要研究方向为中西艺术交流史、清代宫廷西洋风艺术、欧洲中国风艺术，以及中国当代艺术史学理论。著有《图像与范式——早期中西绘画交流史（1514—1885）》，编著《视觉的调适...(展开全部)