哈尔多尔•基里扬•拉克斯内斯(HalldórKiljanLaxness，1902—1998)，原名哈尔多•格维兹永松，1902年4月13日生于冰岛首都雷克雅未克。父亲为一筑路工领班，在作家三岁时，携家迁居雷克雅未克附近乡间，开办了拉克斯内斯斯农场。这位未来的作家在此度过了自己的童年，后来并以此作为自己的笔名。拉克斯内斯斯从小就显露出过人的文学才华，七岁就会做诗，编故事。他只在拉丁学校和雷克雅未克一所中学受过几年正规教育，十六岁便辍学离校自学，并开始自己的写作生涯。 翌年，十七岁的拉克斯内斯斯发表了自己的第一部长篇小说《大自然之子》(1919)，作品描写了冰岛的乡村生活和自然景色，充满乡野的浪漫情调。一九二三年，拉克斯内斯斯皈依了天主教，进卢森堡一座本尼迪克教派修道院潜修，并用古代爱尔兰圣徒“基里扬”的名字作为自己的第二名字。在将近两年的时间里，他在那...(展开全部)

First published in 1946, this humane epic novel is set in rural Iceland in the early twentieth century. Bjartus is a sheep farmer determined to eke a living from a blighted patch of land. Nothing, not merciless weather, nor his family will come between him and his goal of financial independence. Only Asta Solillja, the child he brings up as his daughter, can pierce his stubborn...(展开全部)

In an epic set in Iceland in the early twentieth century, Gudbjartur Jonsson buys his own croft after eighteen years of service to the local bailiff, and brings his wife and his small flock of sheep there to build a new, independent life for himself

In this unusual memoir of the life of the mind, the founding editor of The Threepenny Review reflects upon the choices she has made in pursuit of her vocation as a self-described "eighteenth-century man of letters." Wendy Lesser, one of our shrewdest cultural observers, describes how her education, her experiences, and the works of her favorite writers, artists, and performers ...(展开全部)

The Curator’s Handbook is the essential handbook for curators and curatorial students, mapping every stage of the process of putting on an exhibition, no matter how traditional the venue, from initial idea to final installation. An introduction explores curatorial work from its origins in the seventeenth century onward and outlines the various roles of the curator today. Twelve...(展开全部)

The Curator’s Handbook is the essential handbook for curators and curatorial students, mapping every stage of the process of putting on an exhibition, no matter how traditional the venue, from initial idea to final installation. An introduction explores curatorial work from its origins in the seventeenth century onward and outlines the various roles of the curator today. Twelve...(展开全部)

The Independent Design Guide The availability of high design at affordable prices has created a new generation of consumers who are looking for unusual and one-of-a-kind objects. A growing collector’s market has fueled the interest in young, emerging designers, whose work has become highly sought after, and galleries are opening everywhere to help meet this new demand. This is ...(展开全部)

The Independent Design Guide The availability of high design at affordable prices has created a new generation of consumers who are looking for unusual and one-of-a-kind objects. A growing collector’s market has fueled the interest in young, emerging designers, whose work has become highly sought after, and galleries are opening everywhere to help meet this new demand. This is ...(展开全部)

導 言獨立策展是一項正在全世界的博物館和美術館中成長的工作領域。它在美國已行之有年，在那裡的獨立策展公司通常擁有七名員工，負責經營承辦巡迴展覽的工作。這種服務已經被超過兩百二十五家的藝術博物館、大學美術館、藝文中心及臨時展場普遍採行。 這本指南手冊的目的，是要為在策展人和博物館之間，澄清一些已發生在澳洲此類工作的疑問和經驗，希望藉此能鼓勵這方面的合作關係，並避免錯誤的產生。 雇用獨立策展人有許多的好處。博物館的全職人員多半將心思用在收藏品的管理之上，雇用獨立承展者則可以吸收多樣的新構想和專長，它可以為博物館增加一項專門領域，也可以注入工作熱誠和能力。當財物能力不足以雇用全職人員之時，它甚至可以為某項專案帶來額外的助手。它可以雇用那些不願在博物館擔任全職的專家（例如：那些不住在本地的人）。它使博物館能夠舉行特別活動，運用特殊尃家，其規模能超越博物館的...(展开全部)

The pioneering anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner combines her trademark ethnographic expertise with critical film interpretation to explore the independent film scene in New York and Los Angeles since the late 1980s. Not Hollywood is both a study of the lived experience of that scene and a critical examination of America as seen through the lenses of independent filmmakers. Based...(展开全部)