2007年的新版本

Serge has bought a modern work of art for a large sum of money. Marc hates the painting and cannot believe that a friend of his could possibly want such a work. Yvan attempts, unsuccessfully, to placate both sides with hilarious consequences. The question is: Are you who you think you are or are you who your friends think you are?

Art deco architecture flourished in urban areas thropughout America in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of the best examples - office buildings, cinemas, hotels and churches - are still in use. Deco architects, artists and designers drew on European styles but were committed to a style that grew organically from their native soil. Two themes bound Deco buildings and their decorative s...(展开全部)

For undergraduate/graduate courses in Contemporary Art, Art Criticism, and Art History; also appropriate for studio courses. This text gathers together the seminal moments in the international art scene of the last few years, placing them in the context of the critical and public understanding of the works, and brings into play the remarkable growth of contemporary art museums ...(展开全部)

"This [is a] staggeringly impressive, wonderfully well-designed book...it's a near-perfect overview of art history." --Sunday Times (Culture Magazine), 30th November 2008 The ultimate visual guide to paintings and sculpture from around the world From the earliest cave paintings to Damien Hirst bring a gallery of the world’s finest art into your home and learn everything you nee...(展开全部)

We are in the middle of one of the greatest periods in music packaging. Collectible packaging is back at the cultural vanguard: physical records are coveted by millennials, and hip clothing outlets devote massive amounts of space to record players and racks of LPs. Album Art profiles thirty-three designers at the forefront of this movement, among them Braulio Amado, Chris Bigg,...(展开全部)

This text looks at the role of art in the Indian subcontinent and then analyzes early art from the Indus civilization (2000 BC) to the time of Buddha (c.5000 BC). The Mauryan emperor Ashoka (4th century BC), was an important player in the dissemination of Buddhism, using art to this end. A stable economic base and the rise of a mercantile community were important in Buddhism's ...(展开全部)

This account of Greek art (c3000-c100BC) sets the formation of the Classical style in its historical context. The paticular social, political and religious factors involved in the patronage of buildings, sculpture and paintings are explored. The development of Greek art is traced from antecedents in Minoan and Mycenaean times to the Hellenistic world after Alexander. Throughout...(展开全部)

In Art Today Brandon Taylor charts the ideas and practices of contemporary art across a wide international spectrum. From Minimalism and Conceptualism to video and film, from painting and sculpture to performance and installation, he shows how advanced art has continued to provoke and perplex a fascinated public. Art Today shows how the new art of the last three decades has bee...(展开全部)

玛丽莲·斯托克斯塔德（著）： 教授、艺术史学家、策展人，曾任美国“高校艺术协会”（ College Art Association）主席、国际中世纪艺术中心主席，为斯潘塞艺术博物馆创始馆长，荣获美国女性艺术核心委员会（Women's Caucus for Art）终身成就奖、堪萨斯艺术委员会年度艺术教育家。《时代》杂志将她评为大学最受欢迎的100位女作家之一。 迈克尔·柯思伦（著）： 斯沃斯摩尔学院的艺术史教授，他曾任该院的美术系主任、中世纪研究协调员及人文中世纪、罗马艺术及建筑课程、美术通史课程等。 王春辰等（译）： 中央美术学院教授，博士生导师，中央美术学院美术馆副馆长，第55届威尼斯国际艺术双年展中国馆策展人，从事当代艺术与批评研究工作。