Chronologically organized, "The Western Humanities" presents the cultural achievements of western civilization - art, music, history, literature, theater, film and the other arts - within their historical context. By examining the historical and material conditions that influenced the form and content of the arts and literature, the authors provide students a deeper understandi...(展开全部)

罗伊·T·马修斯（Roy T. Matthews)，美国密歇根大学荣休人文与历史教授。 德维特·普拉特（DeWitt Platt），美国密歇根大学荣休人文与历史教授。 托马斯·F·X·诺布尔（Thomas F. X. Noble），美国圣母大学历史教授，美国天主教历史学会主席，研究领域为古代鱼中世纪时期。

This chronologically organized introduction to the Western humanities (art, music, history, literature, and drama) establishes the historical context of each era before the arts are discussed. More than 600 illustrations appear throughout the text, "Personal Perspectives" boxes bring to life the events of the day, and brief sections at the end of each chapter describe the cultu...(展开全部)

Political turmoil convulses 19th-century Russia, as Razumov, a young student preparing for a career in the czarist bureaucracy, unwittingly becomes embroiled in the assassination of a public official. Asked to spy on the family of the assassin--his close friend--Razumov must come to terms with timeless questions of accountability and human integrity. One of Conrad's finest lite...(展开全部)

Whenever two Russians come together, the shadow of autocracy is with them...haunting the secret of their silences.' First published in 1911, Under Western Eyes traces the experiences of Razumov, a young Russian student of philosophy who is uninvolved in politics or protest. Against his will he finds himself caught up in the aftermath of a terrorist bombing directed against t...(展开全部)

Written by leading scholars in the field, this authoritative text presents an engaging and balanced narrative of the central developments in Western history. Seamlessly integrating coverage of social, cultural, and political history, the presentation reflects a flexible chronological organization. The Tenth Edition provides updated scholarship, expanded coverage of Europe...(展开全部)

This catalogue of illuminated manuscripts in the V&A's National Art Library provides a history of an art form over eight centuries. It documents not only the practice of medieval and Renaissance illumination, but also the survival of medieval book-making crafts alongside printing in the post-Renaissance period -and their revival in the nineteenth-century. Its three volumes brin...(展开全部)

This chronologically organized introduction to the Western humanities (art, music, history, literature, and drama) establishes the historical context of each era before the arts are discussed. More than 600 illustrations appear throughout the text, "Personal Perspectives" boxes bring to life the events of the day, and brief sections at the end of each chapter describe the cultu...(展开全部)

罗伊·T·马修斯（Roy T. Matthews)，美国密歇根大学荣休人文与历史教授。 德维特·普拉特（DeWitt Platt），美国密歇根大学荣休人文与历史教授。 托马斯·F·X·诺布尔（Thomas F. X. Noble），美国圣母大学历史教授，美国天主教历史学会主席，研究领域为古代鱼中世纪时期。

Chronologically organized, "The Western Humanities" presents the cultural achievements of western civilization - art, music, history, literature, theater, film and the other arts - within their historical context. By examining the historical and material conditions that influenced the form and content of the arts and literature, the authors provide students a deeper understandi...(展开全部)