The first publication to explore in depth the theme of reclusion in painting and calligraphy within the context of political and social changes in 17th-century China. Reclusion--the act of disengaging from worldly affairs for spiritual and moral cleansing--was a concept deeply associated with ancient Chinese civilization. The theme of reclusion was especially prevalent during t...(展开全部)

The first publication to explore in depth the theme of reclusion in painting and calligraphy within the context of political and social changes in 17th-century China. Reclusion--the act of disengaging from worldly affairs for spiritual and moral cleansing--was a concept deeply associated with ancient Chinese civilization. The theme of reclusion was especially prevalent during t...(展开全部)

Throughout the history of imperial China, the educated elite used various means to criticize government policies and actions. During the Song dynasty (960-1278), some members of this elite found an elegant and subtle means of dissent: landscape painting. By examining literary archetypes, the titles of paintings, contemporary inscriptions, and the historical context, Alfreda Mur...(展开全部)

Throughout the history of imperial China, the educated elite used various means to criticize government policies and actions. During the Song dynasty (960-1278), some members of this elite found an elegant and subtle means of dissent: landscape painting. By examining literary archetypes, the titles of paintings, contemporary inscriptions, and the historical context, Alfreda Mur...(展开全部)

"From Rembrandt to Vermeer" deals with the most outstanding works of the Golden Age of Flemish and Dutch art and offers a splendid selection of pictures belonging to the most important collection of seventeenth-century Flemish and Dutch paintings in the world, that in the Gemaldegalerie in Berlin. It includes such masterpieces as "The Money Changer" and the "Portrait of Hendric...(展开全部)

张旭东，纽约大学（NYU）比较文学系、东亚学系教授，北京大学“长江学者”讲座教授，重庆大学人文社会科学高等研究院名誉院长（兼职），纽约大学-东京大学-北京大学-华东师范大学联合国际批评理论中心（ICCT）主任。中文著作包括《批评的踪迹》、《纽约书简》、《全球化时代的文化认同》、《对话启蒙时代》、《我们时代的写作》等。译有《发达资本主义时代的抒情诗人》、《启迪》。编有《晚期资本主义时代的文化逻辑》、《后现代主义与中国》（英文）、《中国何处去——当代中国思想论争》（英文）、《在全球化时代反思启蒙》（英文）等。

In Postsocialism and Cultural Politics, Xudong Zhang offers a critical analysis of China's "long 1990s," the tumultuous years between the 1989 and China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001. The 1990s were marked by Deng Xiaoping's market-oriented reforms, the Taiwan missile crisis, the Asian financial crisis, and the end of British colonial rule of Hong Kong. Cons...(展开全部)

Political turbulence was common during the times of dynastic transition in imperial China. Multiple regional regimes frequently rose on the lands of the former unified empire, vying for political and military supremacy until a dominant power emerged and achieved reunification. The period of political fragmentation during the tenth century, known as the Five Dynasties and Ten St...(展开全部)