Gang of Four
Episode 1 of 4
Duration: 1 hour
Art writer Waldemar Januszczak explores the revolutionary achievements of the Impressionists. In the first episode, Waldemar delves into the back stories of four of the most influential Impressionists - Pissarro, Monet, Renoir and Bazille - who together laid the foundations of the artistic movement. He finds out what social and cultural influences drove them to their style of painting, how they were united and how ultimately they challenged and changed art forever.
Waldemar journeys from the shores of the West Indies, to the progressive city of Paris to the suburbs of South London, where these four artists drew inspiration from the cities and towns in which they lived. Whether it be the infamous spot on the river Seine - La Grenouillere - where Monet and Renoir beautifully captured animated people, iridescent light and undulating water or the minimalist, non-sensationalised illustrations of Pissarro's coarse countryside paintings, Waldemar discovers how the Impressionists broke conventions by depicting every day encounters within the unpredictable and ever changing sights around them.
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Painting outdoors
Episode 2 of 4
Duration: 1 hour
Waldemar Januszczak continues his investigation of the Impressionists by taking us outdoors to their most famous locations. Although Impressionist pictures often look sunny and relaxed, achieving this peaceful air was hard work. Trudging through fog, wind and rain, across treacherous coastal rocks and knee-deep snow, Waldemar shows how the famous spontaneity of the Impressionists is thoroughly misleading.
This episode visits the French riverside locations that Monet loved to paint, and where Renoir captured the bonhomie of modern life. Waldemar also introduces a number of technical and practical developments of the age which completely revolutionised Impressionist painting - the invention of portable easels; the use of hog's hair in paint brushes; as well as the introduction of the railway through France. And a scientific demonstration in a Swedish snowdrift explains just how right the Impressionists were to paint brightly coloured shadows in their winter scenes, despite being accused of 'hallucinating' at the time.
Finally, Januszczak explains Cezanne's part in the Impressionist story from his dark and challenging early work to his first rural landscapes in France, and then his departure from Paris and separation from the Impressionist gang.
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Painting the People
Episode 3 of 4
Duration: 1 hour
Waldemar Januszczak continues his investigation of the Impressionists, focusing this time on the people they painted and in particular the subjects of Degas, Caillebotte and the often forgotten Impressionist women artists. The Impressionists are famous for painting landscape but they were just as determined to paint people.
Looking closely at one of Impressionism's finest painters, Edgar Degas, Waldemar reveals how he consistently challenged traditions and strove to record real life as it appeared in the city, from sculpting the contorted movements of horses in motion at the Longchamp race course in Paris to encapsulating extravagant 3D viewpoints of the ballet dancers at the Paris Opera.
Waldemar also uncovers the intoxicating haziness the pastel produced in Degas' work when visiting his supplier Pastels de Roche. He also reveals the unusual viewpoints and dramatic perspectives of Caillebotte's paintings from the Place de L'Europe and the rebellious and revolutionary art of Morisot, Bracquemond and Cassatt, three impressive female artists who were eagerly embraced by the progressive movement of Impressionism
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Final Flourish
Episode 4 of 4
Duration: 1 hour
This episode takes a closer look at the late years of Impressionism, using the last show these artists did together as a starting point.
Waldemar looks in considerable depth at the work of Georges Seurat, taking into consideration his academic training at the Beaux-Arts School in Paris and the artists that influenced him, such as Piero della Francesca and Puvis de Chavannes.
There is also an insight into the complex but fascinating world of optics and art, and the ways in which the Impressionists were using the new discoveries in light and eyesight to influence their work. A fascinating 'after-image' experiment brings to life the ways in which our own eyes see colour, both in its presence and its absence.
Van Gogh's time in Paris, a period very little is known about, is also covered, charting the incredible journey the artist made from his brown and dull canvases to the splendid colour and light that pervaded his work on the cusp of his departure for the South of France.
The film finishes with a revisiting of Monet and his later waterlily paintings in the Orangerie in Paris. Waldemar investigates how a bad case of cataracts was responsible for a seismic shift in his colour palette and his brushstrokes. Spending time with an ophthalmologist, he finds out how old age and a fairly common ailment of the eyes caused Impressionism to shift and become radical again at the turn of the century and into the 20th century

名列「文艺复兴三杰」之首的米开朗基罗，从小展现对艺术的极高天分，更受到当时最具权势的麦迪奇家族拔擢。不料命运多舛，提拔他的知己罗伦佐竟突然辞世，顿失依靠的他，回到修道院后改学解剖，竟意外开启人像雕塑的崭新境界…。以壁画《创世纪》、《最后的审判》及雕塑《大卫像》奠定了他在艺术史上破天荒的地位。这些强烈的艺术风格，甚至影响数个世纪的艺术家们，迄今仍无人能超越其成就。

The Art of Spain – The Moorish South (1 of 3)
Critic and art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon travels from southern to northern Spain to tell the story of some of Europe’s most exciting and vital art. In an exploration of Moorish Spain, he looks at Muslim political and cultural influence as he travels from Cordoba to Granada, seeing classic buildings such as the Great Mosque in Cordoba, the Alcazar in Seville and the Alhambra in Granada. He also shows how the Moors introduced new foods – including citrus fruits, coffee and spices – to Spain.
The Art of Spain – The Dark Heart (2 of 3)
He journeys to the country’s scorched centre to explore Spanish art of the 16th and 17th centuries, a period that became known as the Golden Age. Tracing the rise and fall of the Spanish Empire, the brutal conquest of the New World, and the religious madness of the Inquisition he discovers how a history so violent produced such beautiful art.
The Art of Spain – The Mystical North (3 of 3)
In the final part, he reveals how the north of the country has produced some of the most dazzling and iconic art of the modern age. Spain’s turbulent history has shaped artists from Francisco Goya to Pablo Picasso. Graham-Dixon argues that Spanish architecture is the art form now taking the nation forward in the new millennium.

These days, nobody takes Rubens seriously. His vast and grandiose canvases, stuffed with wobbly mounds of female flesh, have little appeal for the modern gym-subscriber. And it's not just the bulging nudity we don't like. The entire tone of Rubens's art offends us. Everything in it is too big - the epic dramas full of tragedy, the fantastical celestial scenery, the immense canvases and murals adorning the walls and ceilings of Europe's grandest palaces. All of it seems too much for modern sensibilities.
But Waldemar Januszczak begs to differ. In Waldemar's eyes, Rubens has been traduced by modern tastes, and a huge misunderstanding of him has taken place. By looking in detail at Rubens's fascinating life, by understanding his art in more enlightened ways, Waldemar sets out to correct the extra-large misconceptions that have arisen about Rubens.

三集纪录片《追寻伦勃朗》以画家的私人生活为切入角度，以人带画作，在阿姆斯特丹以及几个伦勃朗画作的收藏馆内拍摄，从画家留下的大量笔记、档案、同时代人记述中，还原大师作为创作者和所处时代的面貌。三集分别讲述伦勃朗早期成名到妻子故世、巅峰期的夜巡到负债累累宣布破产、潦倒困苦与晚年杰作。

在艺术史学家西蒙·沙玛看来，伦勃朗是有史以来最伟大的艺术家。在这部美丽的影片中，研究伦勃朗的领先专家走近这位荷兰艺术家面对老年挑战时的最后作品。在去世前的几年，他还在寻找一种全新的艺术语言描绘衰老时的喜悦和痛苦。衰老并没有削弱他的创造力，在他生命的最后岁月，甚至还凝聚了新的创作能量。伦勃朗的晚年生活颠沛流离，遭受着疾病、贫穷和失去亲人的痛苦。但是在这种痛苦中，他依然创作出了美丽精致的作品；而且，尽管被当时的社会认为不入流甚至怪异，但他最后的作品却充满了激情、创新和深刻的自我反省。这部影片拍摄于风景如画的阿姆斯特丹，是一次华丽的视觉盛宴，同时提供了对这位伟大艺术家艺术生涯中最活跃时期的深刻洞察。

博物馆被视为城市的象征，其收藏展示着各民族的文化身份。这些世界知名的博物馆不断地适应社会变迁。每一年，成千上万的参观者排着长队，为了一睹悬挂于展廊墙上的珍宝。在这部八集的系列纪录片中，我们将与这些宛如生命体般的博物馆相遇，它们有诸多的故事亦面临着诸多挑战。与艺术家及艺术爱好者薇薇安·魏斯伍德、玛莉娜·阿布拉莫维奇、奥拉维尔·埃利亚松、沃尔夫冈·乔普一起，观众将欣赏到一部分世界上最有感染力的大师作品，并感受这些博物馆是如何的生机勃勃。

Series in which Waldemar Januszczak re-examines Rococo art and argues that the Rococo was actually the age in which the modern world was born.

Art sleuth Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the secret meanings hidden within some of the greatest paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Seurat .

With this new series Andrew Graham-Dixon returns to Europe taking us on a journey into the captivating watery world of the Low Countries and its art. This small myriad of regions we now know as Holland and Belgium produced some of the most celebrated names in art: Van Eyck, Bosch, Rembrandt, Rubens, Vermeer, Van Gogh, Mondrian and Magritte.
As he travels by canal boat and of course by bicycle Andrew reveals just how important the Low Countries were in key moments in the development of western culture - the birth of oil painting in the late medieval ages, the triumph of the Dutch golden age, and the onset of polarizing modern art movements surrealism and abstraction.
This is not the story of one nation, but of fluid, ever-shifting boundaries and the search for identity in an area that has always been politically contested.
EPISODE ONE:
The first episode will be about how the art of Renaissance Flanders evolved from the craft of precious tapestries within the Duchy of Burgundy into a leading painting school in its own right. Starting his journey at the magnificent altarpiece of Ghent Cathedral created by the Van Eyck brothers Andrew explains their ground breaking innovation in oil painting and marvels how the colours they obtained can still remain so vibrant today. Andrew will describe how in the early Renaissance the most urgent preoccupation was not the advancement of learning, humanist or otherwise, but the Last Judgment. People believed they were living in the end of days; a subject popular with preachers and artists and intensely realized in swarming microscopic detail by Hieronymus Bosch.
EPISODE TWO:
In the second episode Andrew explores how the seemingly peaceful countries of Holland and Belgium – famous for their tulips and windmills, mussels and chips - were in fact forged in a crucible of conflict and division. He will examine how a period of economic boom driven for the first time by a burgeoning and secular middle class led to the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th Century. Andrew travels to Delft and Amsterdam to demonstrate the striking contrast between two of its greatest proponents, Rembrandt and Vermeer (one famed for his breathtakingly realistic domestic street scenes, the other for explosive rapid brushstrokes and raw colours, best exemplified in his contentious magnum opus – The Nightwatch.) Radically different in style, both men were united by the realization that they must become innovators in business as well as masters of their craft. Yet boom also meant bust - and in a story with very modern echoes they ultimately shared the same fate, financial destitution.
EPISODE THREE:
Following a brief period of decline, the third episode will look at how the entrepreneurial and industrious region of the Low Countries rose again to become a cultural leader in the modern age; how despite its small and apparent insignificance when stood up against the powerhouses of Europe it produced important forward thinking artists like Van Gogh, Mondrian, Magritte and Delvaux who changed the face of art forever. In this episode Andrew’s exhilarating journey takes us to a remote beach in North West Holland which inspired Mondrian’s transition to his now renowned abstract grid paintings.

欧洲黑暗时代（Dark Ages）被误解了！历史学把这段从罗马帝国的衰落开始的时期描绘成一个文明停止、落入野蛮的时期。
Waldemar Januszcza对此提出异议。在这个共四集的系列片中，他提出黑暗时代是一个伟大的艺术成就纷纷涌现，新的观念和宗教激发了各种艺术创新的时代。他游历欧洲、非洲、和亚洲，拜访了世界上最著名的集锦并发现了隐藏的艺术珍品；这一切都是力图来证明黑暗时代世纪上是一个“光明的时代”。
第一集：诸神之碰撞（The Clash of the Gods）
在第一集中，Waldemar Januszcza探查了在第三、四世纪基督教是如何以一股艺术力量进入罗马帝国的。然而，既然在圣经中没有对耶稣的描述，基督徒们是如何展现他们的上帝的呢？Waldemar Januszcza探查了基督教艺术家是如何从古代的众神身上摄取灵感并发展了新的建筑风格来陈列他们的艺术。
第二集：蛮族的成就（What the Barbarians Did for Us）
蛮族（Barbarians）经常为罗马帝国的分崩离析饱受诟病，然而他们也是能够出产精美艺术品的奇妙文明。专注于匈人（Huns）、汪达尔人（Vandals） 和哥特人（ Goths）， Waldemar追随各族的足迹穿越欧洲，并发现他们在旅途中出产的难以置信的艺术品。
第三集：伊斯兰奇迹（The Wonder of Islam）
除了基督教之外，黑暗时代又见证了另一个极其重要的宗教——伊斯兰教——的兴起。在从东方诞生之后，伊斯兰教被传播到了北非和欧洲，带来了它独特的艺术风格。Waldemar检索了早期穆斯林的艺术探索，他们的清真寺的发展，以及他们的科学成就。
第四集：北方的民族（The Men of the North）
在这最后一集中，Waldemar将目光转向了北欧。卡洛林人（ Carolingians）自视为罗马帝国的后继者，而这种态度也体现在了他们的艺术中。在其他地区，维京人（Vikings）建造了带有精致装饰的狭长船只，并使用巨大的带符石块来标示他们的领地。而在不列颠群岛，爱尔兰人和安格鲁—萨克森人在创造独特的手绘和珠宝。

In this three-part series Alastair Sooke (Treasures Of Ancient Rome, Pride and Prejudice: Having A Ball) explores the riches and unique legacy of Greek art. Episode One tells the story of Greek art from its surprising, often mysterious origins, travelling from Crete to Santorini, Mycenae to Delphi. Episode Two explores the astonishing development of classical art - the so called 'Greek revolution', asking how did the ancient Greeks get so good, so fast? The final instalment looks in detail at a handful of works that have achieved the status of masterpieces, tracing the complex and fascinating story of western civilisation’s love affair with Greek art, from the Romans to modern times.

Alastair Sooke takes an in-depth look at the art of the Roman Empire.

Alastair Sooke tells the story of Ancient Egyptian art through 30 extraordinary masterpieces.

本书从埃及博物馆展示的世界上最重要的古埃及珍品中遴选了73个进行介绍。既包括最重要的杰作，也有那些尚不为公众所熟知的文物。通过介绍，将向那些只关注金字塔、方尖碑、神庙、巨型雕像和巨大陵墓的人们展示埃及文明中更内在和日常的方面。

尼罗河畔的奇异之旅，数千年的古老文明，这就是世界上最优秀的摄影师眼中的古埃及，他们敏锐地捕捉到主要考古遗址的神秘氛围和重要意义一。简单明了但信息量丰富的文本包含有图片注解，还有专门的图表和图绘帮助读者穿越目眩神迷的法老世界。
本书是《古文明之光丛书》中的一册，通过精美的图片与精炼的语言，浅易、明晰、生动地展现了古埃及文明全景。书中首先概述埃及地理和历史，然后逐步深入描述各处考古发现和重大遗址的来龙去脉，讲述它们在19世纪被重新探索的故事。

一部手绘全球建筑史：普利策奖获奖作者为你讲述建筑的前世今生；
剖面图大师图解16座传世建筑。
◎ 编辑推荐
☆ 普利策奖获奖作者与剖面图大师联袂创作
该书作者帕特里克·狄龙是英国建筑师与历史学家，曾获得过普利策奖。绘者斯蒂芬·比斯蒂是英国知名手绘插画家，享誉国际的剖面图大师，DK御用插画师。
☆ 俯瞰建筑3000年，了解人类磅礴历史的另一面
建筑的故事纵向追溯了人类建筑3000年，从原始人寄居洞穴躲避野兽袭击开始，到21世纪英国建筑师修筑草砖房以求与自然和谐共处结尾，而形成了一个完美的闭环，暗含了建筑史与人类史相伴随的命运。
金字塔、帕特农神庙、万神庙、巴黎圣母院、水晶宫等16座传世建筑宛如群星闪耀在古典建筑、文艺复兴建筑、哥特式、巴洛克、包豪斯等建筑流派的银河里。每座传世建筑背后不同寻常的故事，再次将读者拉入波谲云诡的大时代，俯瞰建筑流派的演化、时代变迁。
☆ 宽幅全彩剖面图图解建筑，用建筑的语言去读懂建筑
16座传世建筑，16张全彩宽幅剖面图，16次深入建筑肌理的抽丝剥茧，16次全程私人导览。等比例绘制的建筑剖面图让建筑结构纤毫毕现，精心插入的图例解密建筑语言，让读者身临其境体会到建造者的天才灵感。
建筑是凝固的时代音符，掌握建筑的语言，去读懂我们生活的世界。
☆ 在宏观视角中穿针引线，呈现关于建筑和建筑史的惊人细节
书中既有气势磅礴的宏观叙事：波谲云诡的大时代背景、建筑流派的螺旋式演化、16座传世建筑的前世今生、文艺复兴、美学革命和工业革命对建筑影响，也有微观细节的铺陈。技术的进步：砌砖方式、罗马时代的空调地暖、下水道系统、拱券、混凝土、电梯、网壳结构等，影响建筑流派的关键人物：伊姆霍特普、莫里斯主教、安得烈亚·帕拉第奥等，几次影响巨大的文化变革运动等等，所有这些细节都将带领读者进入熟悉而又陌生的建筑世界。
☆ 人类缔造了建筑，同时建筑也改变了人类
每一座建筑都寄托了建造者的梦想和希望。人类既是建筑的缔造者，同时也为建筑所改变。建筑一经建造，便拥有了自己的命运。它们承接了人类的喜怒哀乐、悲欢离合，见证了历史的纵横捭阖、帝王将相成王败寇。读懂建筑的故事，读懂我们人类从哪来，又将到哪里去。
◎ 内容简介
从稻草屋到摩天大楼，从宫殿到艺术中心，《建筑的故事》带我们进行了横穿世界大洲穿越数十世纪的建筑之旅。帕特里克·狄龙（Patrick Dillon）选择了世界上16座最具代表性的建筑，包括帕帕特农神庙，巴黎圣母院，泰姬陵，紫禁城，包豪斯学校，水晶宫，悉尼歌剧院和蓬皮杜中心等，并讲述了每栋建筑背后非凡的故事。
斯蒂芬·比斯蒂（Stephen Biesty）细致微观的剖面图让我们看到这些令人难以置信的建筑结构，并欣赏建筑的创作者的天才灵感。图例和拉页中还详细解释了结构名称和建筑术语，本书末尾还附有一个索引与建筑大事记时间表。
这是一部真正具备全球化视野的建筑史，展出来自北美洲，欧洲，非洲，亚洲，大洋洲亚的经典建筑。
◎ 媒体评价
该书既有基本建筑概念的清晰解释，例如拱券、拱门、圆顶、钢筋混凝土等等，也有对称、几何、建筑模式等抽象原理的阐述。斯蒂芬·比斯蒂精心描绘、图例清晰的剖面图将每个章节做出划分，剖面图让读者有了一个如万花筒但又紧密集成的视觉维度，为读者进行了知名建筑的翻译解读。——《美国图书馆期刊》（School Library Journal）星级评鉴
世界上16座传世建筑的高光时刻……斯蒂芬·比斯蒂用彩铅画出了更细腻的线条，丰富的细节。如果愿意的话，读者甚至可以精确数出紫禁城太和殿的阶梯数。每张剖面图都有详尽但丝毫不破坏构图的图例解释……文本部分讲述了建筑营建过程中的故事，将读者重新带回了那些遥远的时代。引人入胜的剖面图和明晰的章节划分让读者可以从任何一个喜欢的部分开始阅读。图书末尾还附有索引和建筑大事记时间表。——《号角杂志》（The Horn Book） 星级评鉴
这本书对世界建筑进行了入门介绍，非常适合有志成为建筑师的孩子，书里还有比斯蒂引人注目的剖面图。——《环球邮报》（The Globe and Mail）
这本大开本、美观、内容丰富的图书用历史逸闻和精美的剖面图，将从古代到现代的重要建筑完美呈现。剖面图大师斯蒂芬·比斯蒂的彩色铅笔图为读者提供了良好的比例感，完美在纸上再现建筑的宏伟壮观。通过他标志性的剖面图，还可以看到室内和建筑的细节。——《书单杂志》（Booklist）
最经典的建筑从来不仅仅是粗糙建筑结构的总和，它们满足着建造者的实用需求，更承载着建造者的想象和梦想。斯蒂芬·比斯蒂精准地捕捉到了这些建筑物所具备的难以捉摸的特点，用精美的插图再现了这些传世建筑的辉煌。在精心绘制的页面上，10~16岁的读者（以及他们的父母）可以沿着从古代到现代的时间线探索著名建筑。这本书是献给与人类史相伴随的建筑颂歌，极具可读性。——《华尔街日报》 （The Wall Street Journal）

《西方的遗产》由西方史学界多位顶级权威学者撰著，以其充实的资料、明晰的语言深受西方读者的热爱。多年来一版再版，不断修订，堪称西方大学通识教育的典范之作。第八版，不仅秉承了先前版本的一贯特色，更增补了新千年以来历史学者们关注的最新问题。除叙事体的正文外，本书另包含特色栏目如下：
回顾历史 谈及日常生活或通俗文化中的重要问题。文章题材多样，丰富了本书的社会历史内容。
艺术与西方 突出一件艺术作品或建筑，讨论分析它是如何说明和反映西方的艺术遗产及其创造时期。
西方与世界 对西方与世界其他地区的制度进行对比，并讨论西方文明的发展对其他文化的影响
原始文献 三分之一以上的原始文献为第八版全新增补。读者可以通过这些文献熟悉原汁原味的历史，亲密接触过去的人，体会他们关心的问题。
大事年表 每大部分前均有精美插图的大事年表，铭刻下西方历史中政治与政府、经济与社会、文化与宗教的里程碑性事件。
地图与插图 为帮助读者理解地理学与历史学的关系，近百幅地图中，半数具有立体特征。正文亦包括近500幅彩色插图，其中半数为第八版新增。
《西方的遗产》试图对西方文明的丰富性和多样性进行全面而公正的评价，将西方的遗产介绍给读者，促使他们对西方的价值观、制度、世界影响、西方与其他文明的交流展开热烈的讨论，以便其更好地了解这个新兴的全球化时代，成为文化感觉更加敏锐的公民。

◎享誉全球五十载的艺术史划时代巨著
◎叙述时间跨度最长，门类最齐，插图最丰富的单卷本艺术史
◎艺术通史著作的典范，畅销半世纪的艺术类图书
本书是一部艺术通史著作，聚焦从史前直到20世纪末的西方艺术。该书英文原版自1962年出版以来，迅速占据最畅销艺术史书籍的位置， 成为西方大学艺术史课程的标准教材。
本书以时间为框架，分为古代世界、中世纪、从文艺复兴到洛可可和现代世界四个部分，以各个时段的代表艺术品和艺术家为重点，阐释了艺术风格及其演变的历史。此外，书中穿插了六个学习板块，补充介绍了背景知识，艺术家的创作技法，艺术史家的研究方法以及大量的历史文献等相关知识，并有章末小结梳理各章重点。全书配有1450余幅插图，每幅作品都经过了调色或专业审核，确保忠实原作，是了解学习西方艺术史的最佳书籍。
本书是该经典著作的第七版，内容上较之前版本有很大扩充，除了包含传统的绘画、雕塑和建筑之外，摄影和工艺美术等门类也得到了足够的重视。此外，本版还顺应了当代学术思想的发展潮流，扩充了对女性艺术家、当代艺术和文化多元论等当代议题的论述。
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《詹森艺术史》是一部在学界和社会大众中很有影响的学术著作。在一次次新版中不断修订和补充新内容，引导读者思考和提出问题，把艺术史的学习、研究和提高人们的文化素质联系起来，鼓励和启发人们探究未知。
——邵大箴，著名艺术史家，中央美术学院教授
新版《詹森艺术史》反映了当今艺术研究、鉴赏和收藏中的新观念和潮流。新版对当代艺术的重视也远远超过旧版，选为插图的当代作品更反映了改编者对多元文化论的兴趣，而全球化则是另一被强调的重点。
——巫鸿，著名艺术史家，芝加哥大学教授
这是一本可以说是传奇性的教材,它曾带领一批批充满求知欲望的本科生穿越艺术的历史，从旧石器时代一直走到现在。詹森的名字成为了艺术史课程中“研究”一词的同义词。
——温尼·海德·米奈，科罗拉多大学博尔分校人文与艺术史教授
书中对中世纪艺术的美丽和庄严给出了清晰并权威的阐释。……大卫·西蒙把詹森的杰作变得更可靠，更富启发 性，同时也更为实用。他对这本超越时代的著作做了一次细致而又明智的修订。
——查理·李特尔，大都会艺术博物馆
这是《詹森艺术史》的一大进步，本版装帧精美，结构清晰，文字流畅，可读性高。除了提供基本的历史信息和精彩的形式分析之外，新版还从物质文化和社会/文化史的角度加以论述。书中没有令人费解的术语，感谢作者。
——肯尼斯·E·西尔维，纽约大学美术系主任
戴维斯教授用清晰、有趣且整合良好的散文式语句阐释了古代艺术传统的发展。……这些权威、生动又引人入胜的文本必然会激励读者，并为他们做好阅读后续章节的准备。
——大卫·戈登·米滕，哈佛大学詹姆斯·洛布古典艺术和考古教授

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借由细腻画笔，溯着时间之流，触碰千年前的繁华巨梦
以地中海沿岸为中心，横跨九大地域，近百座建筑群跃然眼前
它们是古代统治者雄心与抱负的见证
也是我们理解古希腊、罗马、埃及文明的最佳途径
🌟 所有伟大的城市，都是在信念与梦想中建构而成。
它们并不只辉煌于历史，其光芒也照耀了后世前进之路。
🌟 古代城市复原领域巨擘让-克劳德·戈尔万凭借集绘画、建筑与考古学于一身的天赋， 将那些化为尘土，颓成残垣的古老废墟重新修葺。
📕 内容简介
当我们阅读历史书籍，闭上眼睛想象古代人的生活时，最大的困难和最容易出现的错误不是古代人的活动本身，而是他们活动的场所。失去场所的活动很快便脱离了我们想象的控制，背景的缺失让一切陷入失序，美妙和谐的图景转化成或滑稽或丑陋又失去连贯性的碎片。而古代城市复原图的重要作用便是：让我们回到现场，用想象力带着肉体，亲身体验历史。
毫无疑问，古代城市复原图的绘制是一项具有挑战性的工作，而本书作者让-克劳德·戈尔万及其团队用丰厚的考古学、建筑学知识，以及他出色的绘画天赋达成了目标。他用细腻的水彩画直接呈现了古地中海文明，从公元前2500年直到公元5世纪，时间横跨3000年。130幅复原图配以文字，精心介绍了87个地区与城市，将美索不达米亚、古埃及、古希腊和古罗马一网打尽，其中不仅铕被各类史书反复提及的重要城镇，还有曾经辉煌一时却被人遗忘的诸多地方。每一幅图画都是成千上万条信息的结晶，甚至一幅图中浓缩了一座城市数佰年的历史，值得人们细细品味。
通过眼前的复原图，凝视众多文明结晶，我们获得了观察历史的另一个视角，不失为一种有趣的智力体验。
👩 编辑推荐
☆130幅复原图呈现古地中海文明三千纪的繁华与梦幻
公元前2500年直到公元5世纪，时间横跨3000年。130幅复原图、配以文字精心介绍87个地区与城市，囊括巴比伦、迦太基、雅典、特洛伊、罗马等众多历史名城，将古地中海文明全景呈现。
☆古代城市复原图制作领域巨擘率领的专家团队，用纸笔精准重构历史发生之地
让-克劳德·戈尔万，建筑师，考古学家，曾指挥位于埃及卢克索的“法国·埃及·卡尔纳克神殿研究中心”逾10年，法国国立科学研究中心（CNRS）研究员，发表古代城市复原图数百幅，更有超过千幅作品被阿尔勒考古博物馆收藏。作者及其团队（历史学家、碑文研究者、建筑师、地理学家等）从事专业城市复原图绘制工作30年，每一幅复原图的背后都包含着千万条信息。
☆图文结合，详解城市历史与其建筑之间错综复杂的关系。
对城市规划，城市主要建筑的来历、规模、结构等方面的详实说明，深入古代城市的肌理。无形的历史受肉于各有魅力的城市，变得可以被触碰、抚摸。
☆ 地中海古城版“清明上河图”，用艺术的手法呈现历史之美
冰冷的研究成果被转换成生动的水彩画作，错落有致的线条辅以层次分明的淡彩，宏大的景观冲击着读者的视觉感官，让读者以苍鹰的视角看尽古地中海世界的繁华，又给予读者充足想象的空间，带领读者亲临其中，感受其美。
☆各色城市、各式建筑，多角度透视历史
历史不仅仅属于帝王将相，更属于芸芸众生；历史中的城市不仅仅有都城、重镇，也有着边境据点、乡野小镇。从帝王宫殿、神庙到普通人家、磨坊，本书所绘城市不仅是在历史上留下浓墨重彩的名城，也有已湮没于历史长河中的地区，通过叙述后者平常而不失波澜的的生活，给人们另一个观察历史的角度。