While the Civil War raged in America, another revolution took shape across the Atlantic, in the studios of Paris: The artists who would make Impressionism the most popular art form in history were showing their first paintings amidst scorn and derision from the French artistic establishment. Indeed, no artistic movement has ever been quite so controversial. The drama of its bir...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 罗斯·金(Ross King，1962—)，加拿大学者、畅销书作家，长期在欧洲和北美讲学。著有《莱昂纳多和最后的晚餐》、《米开朗琪罗与教皇的天花板》、《布鲁内莱斯基的穹顶》（《圆顶的故事》）、《帕里斯的裁判》、《马基雅维利：权力的哲学家》及两本小说《藏书票》和《多米诺》。 【译者简介】 冯璇，北京外国语大学英语学院毕业，曾在出版社从事版权工作，现在专门从事翻译工作，已经翻译出版了《郁金香热》、《美第奇家族的兴衰》、《安第斯山脉的生与死》、《印加帝国的末日》、《布鲁内莱斯基的穹顶》、《皮毛、财富和帝国》、《利维坦：美国捕鲸史》等作品。

In an original and evocative journey through modern Paris from the mid-eighteenth century to World War II, Patrice Higonnet offers a delightful cultural portrait of a multifaceted, continually changing city. He explores Paris as the capital of revolution, science, empire, literature, and art, describing such incarnations as Belle Epoque Paris, the Commune, the surrealists' city...(展开全部)

[德]丹尼尔·文登森（Daniel Wildenstein） 艺术家，美术学院（巴黎）成员。1939年以前，他曾任纽约威尔顿斯坦画廊、伦敦威尔顿斯坦画廊、东京威尔顿斯坦画廊总监；他还曾在多种国际杂志任职编辑，1956年至1962年期间担任《艺术》杂志编辑，1963年以后担任《美术公报》编辑；1970年，他和其他人联合创办了威尔顿斯坦基金会（1984年更名为威尔顿斯坦学院）；他曾发起多个享有国际声誉的展览，并曾编辑关于18世纪、19世纪、20世纪艺术家的完整图录。他是世界范围内印象派研究领域的权威，曾经出版关于高更、马奈、莫奈的作品图录。

From Publishers Weekly A joke circulating in Paris early in 1919 held that the peacemaking Council of Four, representing Britain, France, the U.S. and Italy, was busy preparing a "just and lasting war." Six months of parleying concluded on June 28 with Germany's coerced agreement to a treaty no Allied statesman had fully read, according to MacMillan, a history professor at the ...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly A joke circulating in Paris early in 1919 held that the peacemaking Council of Four, representing Britain, France, the U.S. and Italy, was busy preparing a "just and lasting war." Six months of parleying concluded on June 28 with Germany's coerced agreement to a treaty no Allied statesman had fully read, according to MacMillan, a history professor at the ...(展开全部)

Bestselling author Amir Aczel's fascinating story of the invention that liberated long-distance voyaging and changed the world forever. The story of the compass is shrouded in myth but has its roots in ancient China around 2,000 years ago where a mysterious lodestone, whose power affected metal, was used in the art of feng shui. It may have taken 1,200 years for the 'compass' t...(展开全部)

Bestselling author Amir Aczel's fascinating story of the invention that liberated long-distance voyaging and changed the world forever. The story of the compass is shrouded in myth but has its roots in ancient China around 2,000 years ago where a mysterious lodestone, whose power affected metal, was used in the art of feng shui. It may have taken 1,200 years for the 'compass' t...(展开全部)

When James Womack, Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos wrote THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD in 1990, Japanese automakers, and Toyota in particular, were making a strong showing by applying the principles of lean production. However, the full power of lean principles was unproven, and they had not been applied outside of the auto industry. Today, the power of lean production has b...(展开全部)

When James Womack, Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos wrote THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD in 1990, Japanese automakers, and Toyota in particular, were making a strong showing by applying the principles of lean production. However, the full power of lean principles was unproven, and they had not been applied outside of the auto industry. Today, the power of lean production has b...(展开全部)