SALON TO BIENNIAL explores the development of modern art as shown through a series of highly influential group exhibitions. It is the most important reference book available on the subject, and the only book available that charts these groundbreaking events in such detail and scope. Volume I opens with the revolutionary first Salon des Refusés in Paris in 1863, and concludes w...(展开全部)

The most comprehensive reference book on the exhibitions that have changed contemporary art history.

The most comprehensive reference book on the exhibitions that have changed contemporary art history.

A hugely entertaining and informative narrative on one of the key arguments raging across the globe - how does one honestly celebrate a country's past without knocking down celebrated heroes. Over the past three years, the world has witnessed the huge social and media discussions of what figures from the past one should, or should not celebrate and commemorate with a statue. Th...(展开全部)

'Like all the best historians von Tunzelmann uses the past to explain what the hell is going on today. She does so with a flair, her signature mix of scholarship and succinctness that is so compelling. If you want to make sense of the statues debate, and the coming culture war over our history, this is where you need to start.' Dan Snow 'A timely, sparkling and often hilarious ...(展开全部)

Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit and specialist in the history of philosophy, first created his history as an introduction for Catholic ecclesiastical seminaries. However, since its first publication (the last volume appearing in the mid-1970s) the series has become the classic account for all philosophy scholars and students. The 11-volume series gives an accessible account of each...(展开全部)

Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit and specialist in the history of philosophy, first created his history as an introduction for Catholic ecclesiastical seminaries. However, since its first publication (the last volume appearing in the mid-1970s) the series has become the classic account for all philosophy scholars and students. The 11-volume series gives an accessible account of each...(展开全部)

This two-volume narrative of English history draws on the most up-to-date primary and secondary research, encouraging students to interpret the full range of England's social, economic, cultural, and political past. A History of England, Volume 1 (Prehistory to 1714), focuses on the most important developments in the history of England through the early 18th century. Topics inc...(展开全部)

The classical historian Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903) published his History of Rome between 1854 and 1856. His work was received with widespread acclaim by the scholarly community and the reading public. In 1902, in recognition of this monumental work, Mommsen was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and acclaimed as 'the greatest living master of the art of historical writing'...(展开全部)

格罗特（George Grote，1794~1871），英国著名历史学家，伦敦大学创办人之一，生于肯特郡克莱希耳的银行家家庭，16岁起在银行任职、闲暇时间研究文学、历史、政治经济学和哲学等。1826~1830年，他参与伦敦大学的创办工作，1850年任大学评议会委员，1862年任副校长，曾任下议院议员。1846~1856年，他陆续出版《希腊史》十二卷。书中主要论述古希腊城邦的历史，尤长于政治，取材丰富，考证綦详。晚年致力于对柏拉图和亚里士多德的研究。其《希腊史》纠正了前人的许多错误，对许多问题提出了自己独到的见解，彻底扭转了学界对希腊史的认识，被誉为世界史学名著。马克思与恩格斯都曾批判地引用过格罗特在《希腊史》一书中所提供的研究成果，并称他为这一学科领域内“一个很有威望的和十分值得信任的证人”。 晏绍祥，男，1962年生，历史学博士，首都师范大学历史学...(展开全部)