In this authoritative, lively book, the celebrated Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco presents a learned summary of medieval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of medieval culture.

 “[A] delightful study. . . . [Eco’s] remarkably lucid and readable essay is full of contemporary relevance and informed by the energies of a man in love with his subject.” —Robert Taylor, Boston Globe

“The book lays out so many exciting ideas and interesting facts that readers will find it gripping.” — Washington Post Book World 

“A lively introduction to the subject.” —Michael Camille, The Burlington Magazine

“If you want to become acquainted with medieval aesthetics, you will not find a more scrupulously researched, better written (or better translated), intelligent and illuminating introduction than Eco’s short volume.” —D. C. Barrett, Art Monthly

Covering the entire 20th century, this text traces the roots of conceptual art to movements such as Dada, explaining its importance in the 1960s and 1970s and showing that it is still alive today. In 1917 Marcel Duchamp signed the name R. Mutt on a urinal and placed it in a gallery. Even the most strident modernists refused to accept this object as a work of art, however, Duchamp stuck to his guns, claiming that he had chosen the urinal as an art object so it must be art. Such arguments over the nature of art still continue today. Tony Godfrey sees the archetypal work of Conceptual Art as a question and a proposition joined together: "What is Art? This could be Art." This text seeks to demystify the subject by placing the art in its social and political context.

在拉斐尔笔下，那些圣徒们，看到了哪些奇异的景象？
从拉斐尔的画中，阿拉斯那双奇异的眼睛，看到了哪些从未看到的景象？
透过拉斐尔和阿拉斯的画与文字，我们又能看到什么？
有什么奇异的景象，等待着我们去发现？
这是一部讨论奇异景象的书，更是一部发现奇异眼光的书。

世界数十所大学人文系经典教材
800余幅艺术珍品图像全部自原作拍摄而成，到世界各大博物馆游览一遭的享受
著名教育机构麦格希公司荣誉出品
畅销全球二十余载
外研社全新引进第六版
英文原版 中文注释
《人文传统（一）史前文明——中世纪（全彩插图本）》旨在以全球化的视野探讨和研究世界文明的脉络，呈现“人文”作为一个独立学科的整合之美，时间从史前时期到中世纪，内容涵盖世界范围内从宗教到文学到艺术的各领域文化，为读者描绘了一个精彩纷呈的人文传统世界。本套书的英文版由全球顶级教育出版机构麦格劳-希尔教育集团出版。本套丛书自从1992年面世以来，至今已改版六次，是国外诸多大学人文系的教材。

《美术史的基本概念——后期艺术风格发展的问题》是整个二十世纪美术史的三部核心经典之一，不仅美术史读者必读，也是其他人文学者的必读书，它对二十世纪美术史研究体系的构建产生了巨大而深远的影响。在二十世纪的西方学术界，除了贡布里希的《艺术的故事》，没有哪一部美术史著作能够望其项背；它在中国的影响，也超过了任何一部美术史或者美学方面的著作。