一幅16世纪的名画，暗藏多少文艺复兴的秘密？细品之，可见宗教的纷争与国家的碰撞、科学的革命与哲学的思辨；再品之，又可见东方与西方的竞争和交流、大航海时代的财富与血泪。本书正是从这样一幅名画娓娓道来，将一个触得到、摸得着的全球性文艺复兴呈现到了我们的面前。

艺术史上，文艺复兴时期堪称是一个巨人的时代。达•芬奇、丢勒、荷尔拜因、米开朗琪罗——这些名字代表着艺术中的尽善尽美，他们的作品至今仍备受尊崇。但是，他们为何能创造出如此杰作？那时的人们又是如何看待这些艺术家及其作品的？ 作者运用丰富生动的例证，展示了文艺复兴时期欧洲各地艺术的内容和形式，说明了它们的创作和发展过程，并分析了这些艺术品在当时的意义，为读者理解文艺复兴艺术构建了一个广阔而具体的背景。

Botticelli, Holbein, Leonardo, Durer, Michelangelo: the names are familiar, as are the works, such as the Last Supper fresco, or the monumental marble statue of David. But who were these artists, why did they produce such memorable images, and how would their original beholders have viewed these objects? Was the Renaissance only about great masters and masterpieces, or were "mi...(展开全部)

- Introduces in a clear and concise way the most important basic findings and procedures of evolutionary biology - Looks at the evidence for evolution, eg the fossil record, the distribution of species, the similarities and differences between organisms - A section at the end looks at the seemingly difficult problems for the theory of evolution - Explains adaptation and natural...(展开全部)

Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over two millennia, Linda Woodhead provides a fresh, lively, and candid portrait of Christianity's past and present. Addressing topics including the competition for power between different forms of Christianity, the churches' use of power, and its struggles with modernity, this new editi...(展开全部)

- Introduces in a clear and concise way the most important basic findings and procedures of evolutionary biology - Looks at the evidence for evolution, eg the fossil record, the distribution of species, the similarities and differences between organisms - A section at the end looks at the seemingly difficult problems for the theory of evolution - Explains adaptation and natural...(展开全部)

为了帮助国内的读者了解胡适的英文作品，我们编选了这本胡适的英文作品选集，选文主要侧重在胡适向西方公众宣传、介绍、阐释中国文化这方面的作品。考虑到读者阅读理解的方便，我们收录了英文作品的中译文，这些译文系从海内外相关资料中辑选而出，由于译文的时间、作者不一，风格不尽一致，有些译文，甚至有紧缩原文的现象，故所收译文只是供读者阅读参考使用。

Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet's heart-tugging wildlife epic March of the Penguins. In this concise, crisply written guide, Patricia Aufderheide takes reader...(展开全部)

This Very Short Introduction traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the substances around them. Looking beyond the Periodic Table, the author examines our relationship with matter, from the uncomplicated vision of the Greek philosophers, who believed there were four elements - earth, air, fire, a...(展开全部)

How does the brain work? How different is a human brain from other creatures' brains? Is the human brain still evolving? In this fascinating book, Michael O'Shea provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research, and gives a sense of how neuroscience addresses questions about the relationship between the brain and the mind. Chapters...(展开全部)