With the advent of print in the fifteenth century, Europe’s cultural elite assembled personal libraries as refuges from persecutions and pandemics. Andrew Hui tells the remarkable story of the Renaissance studiolo—a “little studio”—and reveals how these spaces dedicated to self-cultivation became both a remedy and a poison for the soul. Blending fresh, insightful readings of li...(展开全部)

With the advent of print in the fifteenth century, Europe’s cultural elite assembled personal libraries as refuges from persecutions and pandemics. Andrew Hui tells the remarkable story of the Renaissance studiolo—a “little studio”—and reveals how these spaces dedicated to self-cultivation became both a remedy and a poison for the soul. Blending fresh, insightful readings of li...(展开全部)

Erich Auerbach wrote his classic work Mimesis, a history of narrative from Homer to Proust, based largely on his memory of past reading. Having left his physical library behind when he fled to Istanbul to escape the Nazis, he was forced to rely on the invisible library of his mind. Each of us has such a library—if not as extensive as Auerbach’s—even if we are unaware of it. In ...(展开全部)

Erich Auerbach wrote his classic work Mimesis, a history of narrative from Homer to Proust, based largely on his memory of past reading. Having left his physical library behind when he fled to Istanbul to escape the Nazis, he was forced to rely on the invisible library of his mind. Each of us has such a library—if not as extensive as Auerbach’s—even if we are unaware of it. In ...(展开全部)

Maaz, a psychiatrist in the former East Germany, recalls the Communist-ruled society of his country as a system of continuous coercion, manipulation, control and punishment, its symbols the Berlin Wall and the ubiquitous Stasi, or secret police. East German schools enforced a ruthless leveling of individual potentials; authoritarian parents rewarded conformity. In a remarkable,...(展开全部)

A beautifully illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important and influential patrons the princely rulers of Italy's dynastic states and their families. From the late Middle Ages, the independent Italian city-states were taken over by powerful families who installed themselves as dynastic rulers. Inspired by the humanists, the princes of fift...(展开全部)

A beautifully illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important and influential patrons the princely rulers of Italy's dynastic states and their families. From the late Middle Ages, the independent Italian city-states were taken over by powerful families who installed themselves as dynastic rulers. Inspired by the humanists, the princes of fift...(展开全部)

凯瑟琳·詹金斯（Catherine Jenkins），一位独立学者。 纳丁·M.奥伦斯坦(Nadine M.Orenstein)，纽约大学美术学院艺术史博士、纽约大都会艺术博物馆的绘画和版画部Drue Heinz馆长。她在大都会专门研究19世纪的欧洲版画和书籍，并组织了多个展览，包括“老彼得·勃鲁盖尔：绘画和版画”（Pieter Bruegel the Elder:Drawings and Prints），2001年；“亨德里克·戈尔齐乌斯，1558—1617年”（Hendrick Goltzius，1558–1617），1994年；“版画、素描和绘画”（Prints,Drawings and Paintings），2003年等。 法蕾妲·斯皮拉（Freyda Spira），纽约大都会艺术博物馆绘画和版画部副馆长、耶鲁大学美术馆Robert L.So...(展开全部)

Inner-city black America is often stereotyped as a place of random violence; in fact, violence in the inner city is regulated through an informal but well-known code of the street. How you dress, talk, and behave can have life-or-death consequences, with young people particularly at risk.The most powerful force counteracting this code and its reign of terror is the strong, lovi...(展开全部)

Inner-city black America is often stereotyped as a place of random violence; in fact, violence in the inner city is regulated through an informal but well-known code of the street. How you dress, talk, and behave can have life-or-death consequences, with young people particularly at risk.The most powerful force counteracting this code and its reign of terror is the strong, lovi...(展开全部)