《历代文物装饰文字图鉴》内容简介：沉香以其浓郁的香味、独特的药用价值历来为人们所钟爱，沉香工艺品的收藏古已有之。《历代文物装饰文字图鉴》由沉香研究专家任刚先生主编，对沉香的分类、沉香的功用、沉香的收藏史，以及沉香摆件的制作工艺进行了深入浅出的叙述，对初涉沉香的收藏爱好者大有裨益。

《历代文物装饰文字图鉴》内容简介：沉香以其浓郁的香味、独特的药用价值历来为人们所钟爱，沉香工艺品的收藏古已有之。《历代文物装饰文字图鉴》由沉香研究专家任刚先生主编，对沉香的分类、沉香的功用、沉香的收藏史，以及沉香摆件的制作工艺进行了深入浅出的叙述，对初涉沉香的收藏爱好者大有裨益。

This book is a study of the figures and landscapes thatSargent painted from 1900 (after he was well established as one ofthe foremost portraitists of the age) through 1914 (and the arrivalof the Second World War).

《历代文物装饰文字图鉴》内容简介：沉香以其浓郁的香味、独特的药用价值历来为人们所钟爱，沉香工艺品的收藏古已有之。《历代文物装饰文字图鉴》由沉香研究专家任刚先生主编，对沉香的分类、沉香的功用、沉香的收藏史，以及沉香摆件的制作工艺进行了深入浅出的叙述，对初涉沉香的收藏爱好者大有裨益。

From its ancient status as the jewel of an empire to itsmodern incarnation as a troubled, yet culturally vibrant Europeancapital, Rome has compelled the imagination of artists for over twothousand years. Now, in "The History of Rome in Painting", that

School buildings are constantly evolving to meet the needs ofthe next generation of teachers and students. This book presentsmore than 40 projects from the USA, showcasing leading elementaryand secondary school design. Featred projects factor in importantdesign elements including security and safety, new technology,resource centres and energy conservation. They must also accomodateflexible learning environments for a range of student groups.Full-colour photos, plans, drawings and de*ive text accompanythe projects.

对于提琴制作的业内人士来说，本书可以说是书。读了本书，才会知道斯特拉蒂瓦里这个人以及他的琴是怎么回事。《小提琴巨匠斯特拉蒂瓦里：他的生平和作品（1644-1737）》对所有知名的斯特拉蒂瓦里琴，它的出处，流传，以及它的特点都有描述。一些重要的琴都有尺寸。书后有索引，可以找到你要查的琴。对于拉琴的人来说，你应当了解你拉的琴是怎么回事。小提琴绝非只是一件乐器那么简单。它有深刻的文化内涵，有许多讲究，有许多故事。《小提琴巨匠斯特拉蒂瓦里：他的生平和作品（1644-1737）》就是好的入门。对音乐爱好者来说，看《小提琴巨匠斯特拉蒂瓦里：他的生平和作品（1644-1737）》可以知道许多关于琴的知识。小提琴是一种艺术品，她诞生于文艺复兴时期，成为乐器之王，为什么她会迷倒那么多人，为什么一把斯特拉蒂瓦里的琴现在动辄几百万

From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes Warner Bros.Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' epic sci-fi action adventurePacific Rim. When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, startedrising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of livesand consume humanity's resources for years. To combat the giantKaiju, a special weapon was devised: massive robots, calledJaegers, which are piloted by an international crew of soldiers inthe Pan Pacific Defense Corps. But even the Jaegers are provingnearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On theverge of defeat, two unlikely heroes—a washed up former pilot andan untested trainee—team up to pilot a legendary but seeminglyobsolete Jaeger on a mission to halt the mounting apocalypse. Pacific Rim: Man, Machines Monsters chronicles theproduction of the film with stunning concept art, captivatingphotography, and cast and crew de*ions of the shoot.

对于提琴制作的业内人士来说，本书可以说是书。读了本书，才会知道斯特拉蒂瓦里这个人以及他的琴是怎么回事。《小提琴巨匠斯特拉蒂瓦里：他的生平和作品（1644-1737）》对所有知名的斯特拉蒂瓦里琴，它的出处，流传，以及它的特点都有描述。一些重要的琴都有尺寸。书后有索引，可以找到你要查的琴。对于拉琴的人来说，你应当了解你拉的琴是怎么回事。小提琴绝非只是一件乐器那么简单。它有深刻的文化内涵，有许多讲究，有许多故事。《小提琴巨匠斯特拉蒂瓦里：他的生平和作品（1644-1737）》就是最好的入门。对音乐爱好者来说，看《小提琴巨匠斯特拉蒂瓦里：他的生平和作品（1644-1737）》可以知道许多关于琴的知识。小提琴是一种艺术品，她诞生于文艺复兴时期，成为乐器之王，为什么她会迷倒那么多人，为什么一把斯特拉蒂瓦里的琴现在动辄几百

One of Victorian Englands most charismatic characters, DanteGabriel Rossetti painted and wrote with equal passion. He wassimilarly passionate in his personal life: his etherealartist-wife, his earthy blond mistress, and the ravishing JaneMorris are al

Following independence in 1947, Indias artists faced aparticular challenge: how to express the new nations distinctivecharacter while entering a global discourse focused on modernismsuniversal premises of experimentation and shared human values. Inthe absence of a dominant aesthetic, painters could turn where theywished and blend as they liked from Abstract Expressionism toTantric spiritualism; from Rajasthani painting to changes in Indiascomplex politics, religions, castes and daily life. This richlyillustrated, in-depth study, published to accompany the exhibitionorganized by the Peabody Essex Museum in the USA, surveys the threegenerations of artists responsible for these critical shifts in thedevelopment of Indias modernist art. It shows how theirachievements and the countrys unprecedented boom ushered Indiasmodern and contemporary art into a new era of globalism, a soaringinternational market, and an explosion in the media andtechnologies of art.

本书的新观点：1摩梭达巴教是苯教的原始形式，达巴教的历史要上溯到新石器时代，是原始宗教的活化石，摩梭艺术是原始艺术活化石；摩梭文字也是活化石，可以说是人类原始文明的活化石；还有学者称摩梭母系家庭是人类母系社会的活化石。2摩梭和纳西的某些图案和象形文字与青海马家窑文化有渊源关系。西藏卡若文化、横断山石棺葬文化与上述文化也有渊源关系，我们称之为青藏高原东部文化带。本文化带内有20余个民族，他们的民俗、语言、文化有很多相似之处，可能他们来自共同的源头。3吐蕃的崛起，导致西藏本土象形文字被藏文取代，多元文化被吐蕃文化同化。在吐蕃的边缘地带，原始宗教和象形文字保留下来。如达巴教、东巴教、东巴象形文字、达巴象形符号等。

In his highly acclaimed text, Robert Hughes points out that thereality pursued in Freud's paintings goes far beyond naturalism. Itis both startling and disconcerting, producing some of the mostpowerful and moving visual images to have appeared in the lastthirty years. Freud—once dubbed "the Ingres ofexistentialism"—has almost single-handedly redefined the figurativepainting of our time. No other living artist possesses his abilityto paint the texture and thinness of skin over flesh, and hisdistinctive portraits have a haunting quality that makes themimpossible to forget. This volume, with over one hundred superbreproductions of his greatest paintings, pays tribute to one of themost original and accomplished artists of the twentiethcentury.

""The Tropical House" celebrates a growing trend towardstylish globalization in interior design. More than 25 stunninghouses and condos comprise a synthesis of East-West trends andcontemporary furnishings--as Filipino designers merge sleekmodernist furniture with local designers' osoulful creationso innatural hardwoods and other tropical materials. Over 250 full-colorphotographs of outstanding Filipino residences will inspire readerswith their diverse and contemporary looks. From vintage glamour toclassic modern with bold artful accents, to the clean, glam lookknown as ocontemporary chic, o this book showcases the myriadtastes of the Philippines.

Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele produced a prolific bodyof work before his early death at the age of twenty-eight in 1918.The oeuvre is comprised of a few hundred oil paintings andthousands of drawings and watercolors. Schiele's oils have often been reproduced and are wellrecognized. However, limited access to the fragile works on paperand dispersion among several collections have made for anunbalanced representation of his work as a draftsman. This book assembles drawings and watercolors from public andprivate collections and reproduces work from every year of theartist's career, beginning with the juvenilia and early academicstudies. The focus means that work that is rarely reproduced isrepresented extensively, providing a unique opportunity to studythe rapid artistic development of Schiele over the course of hisbrief twelve-year career. The book is organized chronologically and divided intoyear-by-year sections. Each section includes a text that discussesthe major events in Sch

《历代文物装饰文字图鉴》内容简介：沉香以其浓郁的香味、独特的药用价值历来为人们所钟爱，沉香工艺品的收藏古已有之。《历代文物装饰文字图鉴》由沉香研究专家任刚先生主编，对沉香的分类、沉香的功用、沉香的收藏史，以及沉香摆件的制作工艺进行了深入浅出的叙述，对初涉沉香的收藏爱好者大有裨益。

Up-to-the-minute information on Billboard's hottest hits Back ina fully revised and updated fourth edition with eighty extraall-new pages, "Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits" is the veneratedand reliablesource of information on the most popular songs of ourtimes. Immensely entertaining, endlessly informative, and filledwith fascinating facts and figures on the biggest hits right up to2007, this is the ultimate music trivia book. Separate chapters aredevoted to artists, songwriters, producers, labels, years, andsubjects. Within each chapter, readers will find fun-to-read,fun-to-share lists in 300 categories, including The Top 100 LoveSongs, The Top 50 Songs Written by Carole King, The Top 100 Songson Atlantic, The Top 100 Songs of 1999, and many more. A revisedand updated list of The Top 5,000 Songs of the Rock Era, plus achart and text section devoted to "American Idol" finalists, makethis book so hot it's cool.

Hooks's essays on film are not film criticism: they are criticism of culture as viewed through the prism of film. This mix of theory, reality, popular art and popular criticism (reviews and public reaction play a large part in her discussions) is effective in forcing a rethinking of the films in question. A reading of reviews of Exotica shows that only the strip-joint portions of the movie were considered worthy of commentary. Quentin Tarantino?a filmmaker "not afraid to publicly pimp his wares"?is taken to task for ingesting superficial aspects of black culture and spitting out the rest. The "mock feminism" of Waiting to Exhale ("an utterly boring show") is exposed as hooks examines differences between the book and the movie. The essays that do not focus on a single film are equally successful: a discussion of the black female gaze recalls that slaves could be punished for looking, and another on representations of black masculinity notes that in movies with two male leads, one black and one white, such as R

Asymptote, an award-winning New York City-based architecturalfirm, expands the boundaries of traditional practice with work thatranges from buildings and urban design to computer-generatedenvironments. Recognized internationally as both cutting-edgearchitects and virtual-reality artists, Asymptote partners LiseAnne Couture and Hani Rashid have designed and written the firstbook to document their 'real world' (as opposed to virtual)projects completed since 1995. It includes work as diverse as atrading floor for the New York Stock Exchange; a multimediaresearch park in Kyoto, Japan; a modular furniture system forKnoll; and a centre for art and technology for the GuggenheimMuseum in Soho, New York. Rashid and Couture's work is intriguingbecause it draws inspiration from a wide range of sources nottraditionally associated with architecture - among them the designof airline interiors, sporting equipment, and organic systems likeseashells and honeycombs; and various means of communicating anddisseminating in