Collaborative and collective art practices have proliferated around the world over the past fifteen years. In The One and the Many Grant Kester provides an overview of the broader continuum of collaborative art, ranging from the work of artists and groups widely celebrated in the mainstream art world, such as Thomas Hirschhorn, Superflex, Francis Alys and Santiago Sierra, to th...(展开全部)

This groundbreaking study examines decorative Chinese works of art and visual culture, known as chinoiserie, in the context of church and state politics, with a particular focus on the Catholic missions’ impact on Western attitudes toward China and the Chinese. Art-historical examinations of chinoiserie have largely ignored the role of the Church and its conversion efforts in A...(展开全部)

In 1773, Pope Clement XIV suppressed the Society of Jesus, a dramatic, puzzling act that had a profound impact. This volume traces the causes of the attack on the Jesuits, the national expulsions that preceded universal suppression, and the consequences of these extraordinary developments. The Suppression occurred at a unique historical juncture, at the high-water mark of the E...(展开全部)

One of the most distinguished social scientists in the world addresses one of the central historical questions of the past millennium: does the European Renaissance deserve its unique status at the very heart of our notions of modernity? Jack Goody scrutinises the European model in relation to parallel renaissances that have taken place in other cultural areas, primarily Islam ...(展开全部)

夏洛特?伯纳姆-卡特（Charlotte Bonham-Carter），2003 年在美国伊利诺伊州埃文斯顿的西北大学获得英语文学学士学位，2006 年在伦敦的皇家艺术学院获得当代艺术策展管理硕士学位。经常为多家国际性的艺术出版物撰稿，包括《艺术快报》、《当代艺术》、《无题》、《艺术通讯》和《CIRCA》艺术杂志，还为英国国立肖像美术馆出版的《今日肖像》供稿。她参与撰写或主编的艺术展览目录手册数量众多，并在爱尔兰现代艺术博物馆合作策划推出过“精美尸体”主题展。此前为伦敦“外堡”（Barbican）艺廊的助理馆长，现就职于伦敦当代艺术协会，担任助理馆长。她同时负责编辑伦敦当代艺术协会的视觉艺术出版物《罗兰》。 大卫?霍奇（David Hodge），艺术史博士，主攻的课题为罗伯特?莫里斯（Robert Morris，美国雕塑家、观念艺术家）在20 世纪6...(展开全部)

Without doubt, the international contemporary art stage increases annually, drawing new crowds and new interest. Whilst enticing, contemporary art can be bewildering. This accessible and beautifully produced guide will pinpoint key artists and events, and so help demystify a generation of rapid change in the art world. The A-Z listing (by artist's name) will feature 200 of the ...(展开全部)

With the rise of projects to create global histories and art histories, the Mongol Empire is now widely taken as a fundamental watershed. In the later thirteenth century, the Mongol states reconfigured the basic zones of Eurasian trade and contact. For those they conquered, and for those who later overthrew them, new histories and narratives were needed to account for the Mongo...(展开全部)

With globalization steadily reshaping the cultural landscape, scholars have long called for a full-scale reassessment of art history's largely Eurocentric framework. This collection of case studies and essays, the latest in the Clark Studies in the Visual Arts series, brings together voices from various disciplinary and theoretical backgrounds, each proposing ways to remap, dec...(展开全部)

Does a novel focus on one life or many? Alex Woloch uses this simple question to develop a powerful new theory of the realist novel, based on how narratives distribute limited attention among a crowded field of characters. His argument has important implications for both literary studies and narrative theory. Characterization has long been a troubled and neglected problem withi...(展开全部)

Does a novel focus on one life or many? Alex Woloch uses this simple question to develop a powerful new theory of the realist novel, based on how narratives distribute limited attention among a crowded field of characters. His argument has important implications for both literary studies and narrative theory. Characterization has long been a troubled and neglected problem withi...(展开全部)