"An extremely fascinating study, packed with insights and illumination and astute observation. It is first-rate philosophy―clearheaded, imaginative, sophisticated, and resourceful. And in its historical and technological dimensions, it connects with the 'real world' in ways that are rare in philosophical studies."―Kendall Walton, University of Michigan"For Patrick Maynard photo...(展开全部)

吉姆·斯通(Jim Stone)，美国新圣西哥大学摄影专业教授，美国马萨诸塞艺术委员会及美国国家艺术基金会大奖获得者。作品曾被纽约现代艺术博物馆、美国国家艺术馆、汉堡工艺美术馆等多家艺术机构收藏。著有A User’s Guide tothe VieW Camera，DarkPoom Dynamlcs A Short Course in Photography，Photography及三本个人摄影集 Stranger ThanFiction，Historiostomy，Why My Pictures are Good.

An inclusive introduction to photography that elucidates the multiple, dynamic roles and character of this art form, both historically and today. Photography has a complex relationship to art. This volume uses an innovative framework to help readers appreciate photography as its own modern art form. In his unique and insightful approach, professor of photography David Bate pres...(展开全部)

吉姆·斯通(Jim Stone)，美国新圣西哥大学摄影专业教授，美国马萨诸塞艺术委员会及美国国家艺术基金会大奖获得者。作品曾被纽约现代艺术博物馆、美国国家艺术馆、汉堡工艺美术馆等多家艺术机构收藏。著有A User’s Guide tothe VieW Camera，DarkPoom Dynamlcs A Short Course in Photography，Photography及三本个人摄影集 Stranger ThanFiction，Historiostomy，Why My Pictures are Good.

For thirty-five years Visual Thinking has been the gold standard for art educators, psychologists, and general readers alike. In this seminal work, Arnheim, author of "The Dynamics of Architectural Form", "Film as Art", "Toward a Psychology of Art", and "Art and Visual Perception", asserts that all thinking (not just thinking related to art) is basically perceptual in nature, a...(展开全部)

For thirty-five years Visual Thinking has been the gold standard for art educators, psychologists, and general readers alike. In this seminal work, Arnheim, author of "The Dynamics of Architectural Form", "Film as Art", "Toward a Psychology of Art", and "Art and Visual Perception", asserts that all thinking (not just thinking related to art) is basically perceptual in nature, a...(展开全部)

拉兹洛·莫霍利-纳吉（1895—1946)，是20世纪杰出的前卫艺术家之一。曾任教于早期的包豪斯，奠定三大构成基础，强调理性、功能，他在学术上对表现、构成、未来、达达和抽象派兼收并蓄，以各种手段进行拍摄试验。最为突出的研究是以光、空间和运动为对象。他曾以透明塑料和反光金属为实验材料，创作“光调节器”雕塑。

Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Criticism. One of the most highly regarded books of its kind, On Photography first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as “a progress of essays about the meaning and career of photographs.” It begins with the famous “In Plato’s Cave”essay, then offers five other prose meditations on this topic, and concludes with...(展开全部)