One of the most important artists of the twentieth century, Mark Rothko (1903-1970) created a new and impassioned form of abstract painting over the course of his career. Rothko also wrote a number of essays and critical reviews during his lifetime, adding his thoughtful, intelligent, and opinionated voice to the debates of the contemporary art world. Although the artist never ...(展开全部)

The human history of depicting birds dates to as many as 40,000 years ago, when Paleolithic artists took to cave walls to capture winged and other beasts. But the art form has reached its peak in the last four hundred years. In The Art of the Bird, devout birder and ornithologist Roger J. Lederer celebrates this heyday of avian illustration in forty artists' profiles, beginning...(展开全部)

米歇尔·罗尔布朗谢（ Michel Lorblanchet) 旧石器时代艺术研究领域的重要专家。曾担任法国国家科学研究中心（CNRS）研究负责人、澳大利亚原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民研究所研究顾问。他开创了复制远古艺术的实验性方法及测定艺术年代的科学方法。 保罗·巴恩 (Paul Bahn) 英国考古学家，研究方向为原始艺术。主要著作有：入选牛津通识读本的《考古学的过去与未来》（Archaeology：A Very Short Introduction），被视为岩画艺术入门必读的《冰河时代的图像》（Images of the Ice Age）等。同时与他人合著了多部广受欢迎的考古学书籍，其中《考古学：理论、方法与实践》（Archaeology：Theories, Methods and Practice）是极具影响力的畅销教材。

Contemporary art in a nutshell (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) This Art Now 25th anniversary special edition brings together recent work and biographical information for over 80 of today's most influential artists, forming a broad and vibrant spectrum of the work that has shaped the art world in recent years. Featured artists include: Matthew Barney, Maurizio Catte...(展开全部)

Contemporary art in a nutshell (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) This Art Now 25th anniversary special edition brings together recent work and biographical information for over 80 of today's most influential artists, forming a broad and vibrant spectrum of the work that has shaped the art world in recent years. Featured artists include: Matthew Barney, Maurizio Catte...(展开全部)

For Anthropology of Art courses and courses in Aesthetics. This book looks at the visual and performing arts of the world's societies, describing the varied ways in which people in other cultures think about their arts and examining the theoretical basis of art's role in human affairs. Anderson focuses on ten diverse societies, noting the similarities and differences found in ...(展开全部)

This book looks at the visual and performing arts of the world's societies, examining such issues as the origin of art, the ultimate nature of art, and the theoretical basis of art's role in human affairs. Anderson focuses on ten diverse societies, noting the similarities and differences found in these and other traditional aesthetic systems. The author examines San Aesthetics:...(展开全部)

Packed with facts, attributions, and entertaining anecdotes about his contemporaries, Vasari's collection of biographical accounts also presents a highly influential theory of the development of Renaissance art. Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto, who represent the infancy of art, Vasari considers the period of youthful vigour, shaped by Donatello, Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, and Ma...(展开全部)

乔治・瓦萨里（Giolgi Vasarl，1511一1574），意大利作家、画家和建筑师。瓦萨里生于阿雷佐。自幼学习艺术，后赴佛罗伦萨，在安德烈亚・德尔・萨尔托的作坊里干活，受到梅迪奇家族的保护。瓦萨里遗世的主要绘画作品，是佛罗伦萨老宫和罗马梵蒂冈宫内的壁画。作为建筑师，瓦萨里是同时代伟大的米开朗琪罗的追随者。他设计的重要建筑有佛罗伦萨乌菲齐宫（现为博物馆）、比萨和阿雷佐的若干宫殿和教堂。但是，他对艺术史的主要贡献是他的意大利文艺复兴时期重要艺术家的传记。

乔治・瓦萨里（Giolgi Vasarl，1511一1574），意大利作家、画家和建筑师。瓦萨里生于阿雷佐。自幼学习艺术，后赴佛罗伦萨，在安德烈亚・德尔・萨尔托的作坊里干活，受到梅迪奇家族的保护。瓦萨里遗世的主要绘画作品，是佛罗伦萨老宫和罗马梵蒂冈宫内的壁画。作为建筑师，瓦萨里是同时代伟大的米开朗琪罗的追随者。他设计的重要建筑有佛罗伦萨乌菲齐宫（现为博物馆）、比萨和阿雷佐的若干宫殿和教堂。但是，他对艺术史的主要贡献是他的意大利文艺复兴时期重要艺术家的传记。