著名的歷史學家保羅?約翰遜相信，相較於文字甚或語言，藝術更是人類發展的核心。本書作者以媲美《藝術的故事》中簡潔流暢、通俗易懂的敘述文字，帶領讀者認識從西元前三萬年的岩石畫到現今的藝術發展。作者除了介紹每個時期的整體氛圍之外，也特別介紹了一些重要卻被忽略的藝術家、時期與風格，特別是德國、北歐、俄國等地。 本書特色 藝術不只是浪漫而迷人，保羅?約翰遜寫下《新?藝術的故事》一書，他以歷史學者廣博的知識，加上從小便開始接觸藝術的深厚涵養，告訴你那些隱藏在藝術家及其背後鮮為人知的故事。 畢卡索利用愛上他的同性戀友人？達文西有始無終，老是東拖西拖？蒂芬妮曾經被美國總統老羅斯福指控泡人家老婆？作者強調，不能將藝術品自環境中剝離出來，單獨看待（就像神像跟廟宇不該分開、埃及石棺搬離墓室也失去意義）。同樣，藝術家自身的個性，以及一生的際遇，都會對作品有相當的影響。作者以...(展开全部)

Paul Johnson turns his great gifts as a popular and much-translated historian to a subject that has enthralled him all his life: the history of art. Art, he believes, was central to human development, more so than writing and even language. This history begins with the earliest rock paintings around 30,000 BC and takes us right up to the present day. E.H. Gombrich's legendary b...(展开全部)

Book Description In Art: A New History, Paul Johnson turns his great gifts as a world historian to a subject that has enthralled him all his life: the history of art. This narrative account, from the earliest cave paintings up to the present day, has new things to say about almost every period of art. Taking account of changing scholarship and shifting opinions, he draws our...(展开全部)

The New Art History provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental changes which have occurred in both the institutions and practice of art history over the last thirty years. Jonathan Harris examines and accounts for the new approaches to the study of art which have been grouped loosely under the term 'the new art history'. He distinguishes between these and earlie...(展开全部)

An authoritative history of art history from its medieval origins to its modern predicaments In this wide-ranging and authoritative book, the first of its kind in English, Christopher Wood tracks the evolution of the historical study of art from the late middle ages through the rise of the modern scholarly discipline of art history. Synthesizing and assessing a vast array of wr...(展开全部)

劳伦斯•里斯（Laurence Rees），1957年生，牛津大学毕业，英国历史学家、纪录片导演，被《泰晤士报》评为“英国最杰出的历史纪录片制片人”。曾担任英国广播公司（BBC）历史节目的创意总监，制作许多有关纳粹和二战系列的电视、电影，获奖无数，包括英国电影和电视艺术学院奖（BAFTA）、英国纪录片格里尔逊奖和国际纪录片奖等。代表作《奥斯维辛：一部历史》《纳粹：历史的警示》《东方恐怖：1931-1945的日本侵略》《世纪之战：希特勒和斯大林的战争》《希特勒：黑暗的克里斯玛》等。

Auschwitz-Birkenau is the site of the largest mass murder in human history. Yet its story is not fully known. In Auschwitz, Laurence Rees reveals new insights from more than 100 original interviews with Auschwitz survivors and Nazi perpetrators who speak on the record for the first time. Their testimonies provide a portrait of the inner workings of the camp in unrivalled detail...(展开全部)

Fred S. Kleiner is Professor in the Department of History of Art & Architecture and the Department of Archaeology at Boston University, where he was taught since 1978. He is the author of more than a hundred publications on Greek and Roman art, architecture, and numismatics.

A HISTORY OF ROMAN ART is a new authoritative and lavishly-illustrated survey of the art of Rome and the Roman Empire from the time of Romulus to the death of Constantine, presented in its historical, political, and social context. All aspects of Roman art and architecture are treated, including private art and domestic architecture, the art of the Eastern and Western provinces...(展开全部)

Pop Art is the most important 20th-century art movement. It brought Modernism to the masses, making art sexy and fun with Coke cans and comics. Today, in our age of selfies and social networking, we are still living in a world defined by Pop. Full of brand new interviews and research, Sooke describes the great works by Warhol, Lichtenstein and other key figures, but also re-exa...(展开全部)