A unique and witty book inspired by the author’s work with children in the Tate Britain gallery in London. A family reluctantly visits an art gallery, but one by one each member is energized by a different picture in the gallery and transported into the imaginative and colourful world of art.-- From the Hardcover edition.

The same family that had such an enlightening experience in Anthony Browne's Zoo is now going to an art museum, Mom's choice for her birthday treat. But wisecracking Dad and their two sons are skeptical about how much fun this trip will be, and they're not quite sure what to make of the art. ("What on earth is that supposed to be?" asks Dad.) But, with Mom’s help, once the boys...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

《海上钢琴师》原著作者。1958年生于都灵。1991年，处女作《愤怒的城堡》获得意大利坎皮耶罗奖、法国美第奇外国作品奖。1993年，《海洋，海》获得维多雷久文学奖和波斯克城堡文学奖。1994年，《丝绸》一出版便立刻登上意大利畅销榜，热潮迅疾燃烧整个欧洲，盘踞各国畅销榜单。 1998年，作品《海上钢琴师》被知名导演托纳多雷改编成电影。巴里科的作品，有着浓烈的艺术与童话气质，富有实验性与音乐感，浓缩着人类最为美好温暖的情感，既古老又新鲜，既传统又现代，散发着无穷的魅力。他的非虚构作品《野蛮人》曾探讨了写作与数字化革命之间的关系。在新作《游戏世界》中，巴里科重新回到了这个话题，将他的视角扩大到数字革命对人文主义思想和文化的影响。

艾兰（Sarah Allam） 著名汉学家。1945年出生于美国，1974年获加利福尼亚大学伯克莱分校博士学位。1972年始任教于英国伦敦大学亚非学院（SOAS），现为美国达慕思大学（Dartmouth College）“中国研究”讲座教授。主要从事甲骨文、青铜器、竹简的研究，并教授中国古代哲学文献，对先秦的文献、考古、思想和文化颇多涉猎。

It takes the form of personal and formal investigations into two political assassinations - the murders of Rafael Uribe Uribe in 1914, the man who inspired García Márquez's General Buendia in One Hundred Years of Solitude, and of the charismatic Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, the man who might have been Colombia's J.F.K., gunned down on the brink of success in the presidential elections...(展开全部)

The Shape of the Ruins is a masterly story of conspiracy, political obsession, and literary investigation. When a man is arrested at a museum for attempting to steal the bullet-ridden suit of a murdered Colombian politician, few notice. But soon this thwarted theft takes on greater meaning as it becomes a thread in a widening web of popular fixations with conspiracy theories, a...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Maintaining the standard of excellence set by the previous edition, this textbook covers the basic geometry of two- and three-dimensional spaces Written by a master expositor, leading researcher in the field, and MacArthur Fellow, it includes experiments to determine the true shape of the universe and contains illustrated examples and engaging exercises that teach mind-expandin...(展开全部)

What is the primary quality of great design? It moves. It moves us emotionally, travels from person to person, and takes us toward something better. Designers connect and build bridges that lead us to new places and expand what is possible. We tell productive untruths, then toil to make them reality. The practice shifts like a shadow and moves the target. When it does so, the p...(展开全部)