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)

誠品藝術設計類排行榜暢銷書、商業周刊Alive 專題報導， 台藝大指定參考用書， 世界經典作品來台展出，觀眾都帶這本進場。 ◎莫內、雷諾瓦的創作，為何當年是不入流的「下等」主題？ ◎一個小便盆竟變成大師傑作？故意來亂的竟然價值崇高，道理何在？ ◎明明五歲小孩都畫得出來，為什麼盧梭是大師，我家小孩的畫就不值錢？ ◎印象派到底是美得讓你超有印象？還是模糊得讓你留下壞印象？ ◎畢卡索的畫明明很難辨識，為什麼他堅稱自己「從不畫抽象畫」？ ◎一堆磚頭，為什麼值得讓一個國家級美術館浪費大筆公帑…… 為什麼這些現代藝術與當代藝術，能從原本飽受大家惡劣批評，變成名留青史的作品？ 而且還很貴！ 作者威爾‧岡波茲是英國ＢＢＣ藝術總編， 紐約《創意》（Creativity）雜誌，近年票選岡波茲為全球前五十名頂尖創意人士。 他自編自演了一場單人脫口秀，於愛丁堡藝術節締造完售...(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)

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)

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)

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。