Pulitzer Prize–winning art critic Sebastian Smee tells the fascinating story of four pairs of artists—Manet and Degas, Picasso and Matisse, Pollock and de Kooning, and Freud and Bacon—whose fraught, competitive friendships spurred them to new creative heights. Rivalry is at the heart of some of the most famous and fruitful relationships in history. The Art of Rivalry follows ei...(展开全部)

Pulitzer Prize–winning art critic Sebastian Smee tells the fascinating story of four pairs of artists—Manet and Degas, Picasso and Matisse, Pollock and de Kooning, and Freud and Bacon—whose fraught, competitive friendships spurred them to new creative heights. Rivalry is at the heart of some of the most famous and fruitful relationships in history. The Art of Rivalry follows ei...(展开全部)

In the early twenty-first century, China occupies a place on center stage in the international art world. But what does it mean to be a Chinese artist in the modern age? This first comprehensive study of modern Chinese art history traces its evolution chronologically and thematically from the Age of Imperialism to the present day. Julia Andrews and Kuiyi Shen pay particular att...(展开全部)

约翰·拉塞尔(John Russell)，美国当代著名艺术批评家。早年求学于牛津大学。1950年以来，长期任伦敦《星期日时报》和美国《纽约时报》专栏艺术批评家。拉塞尔一生撰写了大量的艺术著作，除了《现代艺术的意义》外，还有《亨利·摩尔》、《马克斯·恩斯特》、《弗兰西斯·培根》、《马蒂斯父子》和《波普艺术再界定》等。 拉塞尔还先后组织策划过亨利·摩尔、巴尔蒂斯和波普艺术等大型展览。1978年，拉塞尔荣获美国学院艺术协会评审颁发的弗兰克·朱伊特·马瑟艺术批评奖。

约翰·拉塞尔(John Russell)，美国当代著名艺术批评家。早年求学于牛津大学。1950年以来，长期任伦敦《星期日时报》和美国《纽约时报》专栏艺术批评家。拉塞尔一生撰写了大量的艺术著作，除了《现代艺术的意义》外，还有《亨利·摩尔》、《马克斯·恩斯特》、《弗兰西斯·培根》、《马蒂斯父子》和《波普艺术再界定》等。 拉塞尔还先后组织策划过亨利·摩尔、巴尔蒂斯和波普艺术等大型展览。1978年，拉塞尔荣获美国学院艺术协会评审颁发的弗兰克·朱伊特·马瑟艺术批评奖。

Steinberg argues in this work that the artists regarded the deliberate exposure of Christ's genitalia as an affirmation of kinship with the human condition. Christ's lifelong virginity, understood as potency under check, and the first offer of blood in the circumcision, both required acknowledgment of the genital organ. More than exercises in realism, these unabashed images und...(展开全部)

Steinberg argues in this work that the artists regarded the deliberate exposure of Christ's genitalia as an affirmation of kinship with the human condition. Christ's lifelong virginity, understood as potency under check, and the first offer of blood in the circumcision, both required acknowledgment of the genital organ. More than exercises in realism, these unabashed images und...(展开全部)

兰斯·埃斯普伦德是《华尔街日报》艺术专栏的撰稿人。他曾担任彭博新闻(Bloomberg News)的艺术评论家和《纽约太阳报》(New York Sun)的首席艺术评论家，曾在帕森斯设计学院（Parsons School of Design）和赖德大学（Rider University）教授工作室艺术和艺术史，并在纽约工作室学院担任MFA访问评论家。他的文章见于《美国艺术》（Art in America）、《哈泼斯》（Harper’s）、《现代画家》（Modern Painters）和《新共和》（The New Republic）等杂志，现居于纽约布鲁克林。

Joshua A. Fogel is professor of history at York University, Toronto, and a specialist in the history of cultural and political ties between China and Japan in the modern era.