An era rich in artistic creations and political transformations, the Mongol period across Eurasia brought forth a new historical consciousness visible in the artistic legacy of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Historicity of the present, cultivation of the secular within received cosmologies, human agency in history, and naturalism in the representation of social and or...(展开全部)

With the rise of projects to create global histories and art histories, the Mongol Empire is now widely taken as a fundamental watershed. In the later thirteenth century, the Mongol states reconfigured the basic zones of Eurasian trade and contact. For those they conquered, and for those who later overthrew them, new histories and narratives were needed to account for the Mongo...(展开全部)

The author of Free Culture shows how we harm our children—and almost anyone who creates, enjoys, or sells any art form—with a restrictive copyright system driven by corporate interests. Lessig reveals the solutions to this impasse offered by a collaborative yet profitable “hybrid economy” . Lawrence Lessig, the reigning authority on intellectual property in the Internet age...(展开全部)

Table of Contents * Preface * Introduction * Part I: Cultures * Chapter 1: Cultures of our Past RW v. RO Culture Limits in Regulation * Chapter 2: Cultures of our Future * Chapter 3: RO, Extended Nature remade Re-remaking Nature Recoding Us * Chapter 4: RW, Revived Writing beyond words Remixed: Text Remixed: Media The Significance of Remix The Old in the New * Chapter 5: Cultur...(展开全部)

The reigning authority on intellectual property in the Internet age, Lawrence Lessig spotlights the newest and possibly the most harmful culture war-a war waged against those who create and consume art. America's copyright laws have ceased to perform their original, beneficial role: protecting artists' creations while allowing them to build on previous creative works. In fact, ...(展开全部)

The author of Free Culture shows how we harm our children—and almost anyone who creates, enjoys, or sells any art form—with a restrictive copyright system driven by corporate interests. Lessig reveals the solutions to this impasse offered by a collaborative yet profitable “hybrid economy” . Lawrence Lessig, the reigning authority on intellectual property in the Internet age...(展开全部)

A catalogue issued in conjunction with "Gardens, Art, and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints" at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, September 17, 2016-January 9, 2017. The exhibition and catalogue explore the art, craft, and cultural significance of Chinese woodblock prints made during their golden age, from the late 16th century through the 19th ...(展开全部)

During the thirteenth century, Mongol armies under Chinggis Khan and his successors established the largest contiguous land empire in history, stretching across Asia and into eastern Europe. Contemporary descriptions of their conquests have led to a popular misconception that the Mongols were an undisciplined horde of terrifying horsemen who swept over opponents by sheer force ...(展开全部)

During the thirteenth century, Mongol armies under Chinggis Khan and his successors established the largest contiguous land empire in history, stretching across Asia and into eastern Europe. Contemporary descriptions of their conquests have led to a popular misconception that the Mongols were an undisciplined horde of terrifying horsemen who swept over opponents by sheer force ...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 梅天穆（Timothy May），美国北乔治亚大学文学院教授、副院长，主要研究领域为蒙古帝国史及军事史。1996年在美国印第安纳大学内陆欧亚系获得硕士学位，2004年获得威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校历史学博士学位，著有《世界历史上的蒙古征服》《蒙古帝国》等。 【译者简介】 董汝洋，北京大学历史学系博士研究生，专业方向为元史。