We Are Artists celebrates the life and work of 15 female artists from around the globe and the distinctive mark they made on the art world and beyond. Presented as a collection of engaging biographical narratives, We Are Artists reveals how each artist's unique approach and perspective provided the art world and society at large with a new way of seeing things. It places the sp...(展开全部)

Two summers ago, scientists removed a tiny piece of flesh from Philip Ball’s arm and turned it into a rudimentary “mini-brain.” The skin cells, removed from his body, did not die but were instead transformed into nerve cells that independently arranged themselves into a dense network and communicated with each other, exchanging the raw signals of thought. This was life—but whos...(展开全部)

Two summers ago, scientists removed a tiny piece of flesh from Philip Ball’s arm and turned it into a rudimentary “mini-brain.” The skin cells, removed from his body, did not die but were instead transformed into nerve cells that independently arranged themselves into a dense network and communicated with each other, exchanging the raw signals of thought. This was life—but whos...(展开全部)

A chronological introduction to women artists throughout history, this book provides a rich understanding of key female artists from the Baroque to the present day. In 1971, in an essay that has now become one of the touchstones of feminist art history, Linda Nochlin raised the question heard round the world: “Why have there been no great women artists?” Since the 1970s, as a r...(展开全部)

塞缪尔·亨廷顿，哈佛大学阿尔伯特·魏斯赫德三世(Albert J.WeatherheadⅢ)学院教授，哈佛国际和地区问题研究所所长，约翰·奥林战略研究所主任。曾任卡特政府国家安全委员会安全计划顾问，《外交政策》杂志发起人与两主编之一，美国政治学会会长。有大量学术著作及论文 问世。

塞缪尔·亨廷顿，哈佛大学阿尔伯特·魏斯赫德三世(Albert J.WeatherheadⅢ)学院教授，哈佛国际和地区问题研究所所长，约翰·奥林战略研究所主任。曾任卡特政府国家安全委员会安全计划顾问，《外交政策》杂志发起人与两主编之一，美国政治学会会长。有大量学术著作及论文 问世。

Outsiders tells the stories of five novelists - Mary Shelley, Emily Brontë, George Eliot, Olive Schreiner, Virginia Woolf - and their famous novels.We have long known their individual greatness but in linking their creativity to their lives as outsiders, this group biography throws new light on the genius they share. 'Outsider', 'outlaw', 'outcast': a woman's reputation was her...(展开全部)