Christian saints have been the objects of reverence and fascination throughout the past two millennia. Their likenesses, heroic acts, prayerful lives, and stories of martyrdom have been portrayed frequently in art of diverse media. Without familiarity with the saints and their images and symbols, viewers of art may find it challenging to identify, for example, which saint is re...(展开全部)

"Sainthood" has been, and remains, a contested category in China, given the commitment of China's modern leadership to secularization, modernization, and revolution, and the discomfort of China's elite with matters concerning religion. However, sainted religious leaders have succeeded in rebuilding old institutions and creating new ones despite the Chinese government's censure....(展开全部)

"Sainthood" has been, and remains, a contested category in China, given the commitment of China's modern leadership to secularization, modernization, and revolution, and the discomfort of China's elite with matters concerning religion. However, sainted religious leaders have succeeded in rebuilding old institutions and creating new ones despite the Chinese government's censure....(展开全部)

China can boast a history of art lasting 5,000 years and embracing a huge diversity of images and objects - jade tablets, painted silk handscrolls and fans, ink and lacquer painting, porcelain-ware, sculptures, and calligraphy. They range in scale from the vast `terracotta army' with its 7,000 or so life-size figures, to the exquisitely delicate writing of fourth-century master...(展开全部)

China boasts a history of art stretching over 5,000 years and embracing a vast array of forms--objects of jade, lacquer and porcelain, painted scrolls and fans, sculptures in stone, bronze and wood, and murals. With more than 130 halftone illustrations, including almost eighty in full color, this new edition of Art in China presents the finest one-volume introduction to all for...(展开全部)

China boasts a history of art stretching over 5,000 years and embracing a vast array of forms--objects of jade, lacquer and porcelain, painted scrolls and fans, sculptures in stone, bronze and wood, and murals. With more than 130 halftone illustrations, including almost eighty in full color, this new edition of Art in China presents the finest one-volume introduction to all for...(展开全部)

哈德森的这部处女秀小说描写张力十足、调子哀婉凄凉，通过直白的音乐场面描写和爱滋病刚刚肆虐时期的追述，让读者和她一起追踪着一群朋友、恋人、父母和他们孩子的生活轨迹。作者深入探究了她笔下人物的生活，记述了他们每个人彼此之间长久且割不断的联系，还有他们和周遭的事物的某种反应和关系，以及80年代虽然黑暗但是具有启示意义的那段时光。

作者简介 E.M. 齐奥朗（Emile Michel Cioran，1911~1995年），法籍罗马尼亚哲学家、随笔作家，以罗马尼亚文和法文写作，主要著作有：《在绝望之巅》、《眼泪与圣徒》、《解体概要》、《苦涩三段论》、《存在的诱惑》、《历史与乌托邦》、《恶之造物主》和《赞赏练习》。 译者简介 沙湄：哲学博士，专攻基督教艺术、东正教神学和陀思妥耶夫斯基研究，曾任香港中文大学宗教与文化研究系荣誉研究员、《天南》杂志执行主编。

By the mid-1930s, Emil Cioran was already known as a leader of a new generation of politically committed Romanian intellectuals. Researching another, more radical book, Cioran was spending hours in a library poring over the lives of saints. As a modern hagiographer, Cioran “dreamt” himself “the chronicler of these saints’ falls between heaven and earth, the intimate knower of t...(展开全部)

哈德森的这部处女秀小说描写张力十足、调子哀婉凄凉，通过直白的音乐场面描写和爱滋病刚刚肆虐时期的追述，让读者和她一起追踪着一群朋友、恋人、父母和他们孩子的生活轨迹。作者深入探究了她笔下人物的生活，记述了他们每个人彼此之间长久且割不断的联系，还有他们和周遭的事物的某种反应和关系，以及80年代虽然黑暗但是具有启示意义的那段时光。