Italians love to talk about food. The aroma of a simmering ragú , the bouquet of a local wine, the remembrance of a past meal: Italians discuss these details as naturally as we talk about politics or sports, and often with the same flared tempers. In Why Italians Love to Talk About Food , Elena Kostioukovitch explores the phenomenon that first struck her as a newcomer to It...(展开全部)

This powerful collection of stories, set in the Northwest among the lonely men and women who drink, fish and play cards to ease the passing of time, was the first by Raymond Carver to be published in the UK. With its spare, colloquial narration and razor-sharp sense of how people really communicate, the collection went on to become one of the most influential pieces of literary...(展开全部)

In his second collection of stories, as in his first, Carver's characters are peripheral people--people without education, insight or prospects, people too unimaginative to even give up. Carver celebrates these men and women.

In his second collection of stories, as in his first, Carver's characters are peripheral people--people without education, insight or prospects, people too unimaginative to even give up. Carver celebrates these men and women.

Videogames! Aren’t they the medium of the twenty-first century? The new cinema? The apotheosis of art and entertainment, the realization of Wagnerian gesamtkunstwerk? The final victory of interaction over passivity? No, probably not. Games are part art and part appliance, part tableau and part toaster. In How to Talk about Videogames, leading critic Ian Bogost explores this par...(展开全部)

Videogames! Aren’t they the medium of the twenty-first century? The new cinema? The apotheosis of art and entertainment, the realization of Wagnerian gesamtkunstwerk? The final victory of interaction over passivity? No, probably not. Games are part art and part appliance, part tableau and part toaster. In How to Talk about Videogames, leading critic Ian Bogost explores this par...(展开全部)

弗朗索瓦·芭布-高尔（Françoise Barbe-Gall），法国艺术史学者，在索邦大学与卢浮宫美术学院接受了完整的艺术史教育，之后成为艺术史教授。她排斥菁英主义，致力于为大众开启通往绘画艺术之门，为此创立了“如何欣赏画作协会”（CORETA），开办无数座谈会，并出版诸多相关著作，包括《艺术原来可以这样看》、《如何欣赏一幅画》、《了解画作的象征》等。

Anticipating how kids react to paintings by artists as diverse as Botticelli, Vermeer, Degas, Chagall, and Pollack, this resource for adults who want children to love and understand art prepares them for the types of questions kids ask. Providing parents and teachers with valuable tips for making any visit to a museum with children a success, this guide offers a great primer or...(展开全部)

◎ 作者简介 弗朗索瓦丝 • 芭布-高尔（Françoise Barbe-Gall），法国艺术史学者，卢浮宫学院当代艺术课程教师。曾在索邦大学与卢浮宫学院接受了完整的艺术史教育，于纽约大学巴黎校区、巴黎第三大学担任艺术史讲师，同时担任“如何欣赏画作协会”（CORETA）的长期管理者和讲师。她多次受邀担任美国、俄罗斯、法国等诸多博物馆顾问，并在世界各地多所学校举办讲座。曾出版《如何看一幅画》《读懂印象派》等多部艺术教育相关书籍，被译为多种语言。 ………………………… ◎ 译者简介 成砚，清华大学建筑设计及其理论专业博士，并在哈佛大学设计学院接受联合培养教育。师从中国勘察设计大师胡绍学与美国城市规划与建筑评论学家彼得 • 罗（Peter G. Rowe）。在建筑专业学习中看到更广阔的艺术世界，自得其乐、自享其美。 ………………………… ◎ 别册撰写者简介...(展开全部)

◎ 作者简介 弗朗索瓦丝 • 芭布-高尔（Françoise Barbe-Gall），法国艺术史学者，卢浮宫学院当代艺术课程教师。曾在索邦大学与卢浮宫学院接受了完整的艺术史教育，于纽约大学巴黎校区、巴黎第三大学担任艺术史讲师，同时担任“如何欣赏画作协会”（CORETA）的长期管理者和讲师。她多次受邀担任美国、俄罗斯、法国等诸多博物馆顾问，并在世界各地多所学校举办讲座。曾出版《如何看一幅画》《读懂印象派》等多部艺术教育相关书籍，被译为多种语言。 ………………………… ◎ 译者简介 成砚，清华大学建筑设计及其理论专业博士，并在哈佛大学设计学院接受联合培养教育。师从中国勘察设计大师胡绍学与美国城市规划与建筑评论学家彼得 • 罗（Peter G. Rowe）。在建筑专业学习中看到更广阔的艺术世界，自得其乐、自享其美。 ………………………… ◎ 别册撰写者简介...(展开全部)