A brilliant book by Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel, The Age of Insight takes us to Vienna 1900, where leaders in science, medicine, and art began a revolution that changed forever how we think about the human mind—our conscious and unconscious thoughts and emotions—and how mind and brain relate to art.
At the turn of the century, Vienna was the cultural capital of Europe. Artists and scientists met in glittering salons, where they freely exchanged ideas that led to revolutionary breakthroughs in psychology, brain science, literature, and art. Kandel takes us into the world of Vienna to trace, in rich and rewarding detail, the ideas and advances made then, and their enduring influence today.
The Vienna School of Medicine led the way with its realization that truth lies hidden beneath the surface. That principle infused Viennese culture and strongly influenced the other pioneers of Vienna 1900. Sigmund Freud shocked the world with his insights into how our everyday unconscious aggressive and erotic desires are repressed and disguised in symbols, dreams, and behavior. Arthur Schnitzler revealed women’s unconscious sexuality in his novels through his innovative use of the interior monologue. Gustav Klimt, Oscar Kokoschka, and Egon Schiele created startlingly evocative and honest portraits that expressed unconscious lust, desire, anxiety, and the fear of death.
Kandel tells the story of how these pioneers—Freud, Schnitzler, Klimt, Kokoschka, and Schiele—inspired by the Vienna School of Medicine, in turn influenced the founders of the Vienna School of Art History to ask pivotal questions such as What does the viewer bring to a work of art? How does the beholder respond to it? These questions prompted new and ongoing discoveries in psychology and brain biology, leading to revelations about how we see and perceive, how we think and feel, and how we respond to and create works of art. Kandel, one of the leading scientific thinkers of our time, places these five innovators in the context of today’s cutting-edge science and gives us a new understanding of the modernist art of Klimt, Kokoschka, and Schiele, as well as the school of thought of Freud and Schnitzler. Reinvigorating the intellectual enquiry that began in Vienna 1900, The Age of Insight is a wonderfully written, superbly researched, and beautifully illustrated book that also provides a foundation for future work in neuroscience and the humanities. It is an extraordinary book from an international leader in neuroscience and intellectual history.

Did the Greek gods play tennis? What is the ambassador from the land of Alchemy telling us? What secrets are being told on the shores of the Island of Venus? What is a monk doing on the Ship of Fools? What Great Paintings Say has the answers to these and many other burning questions asked about the most important and famous paintings of all time. In two volumes, a selection of history`s greatest masterpieces is presented chronologically, including works by Botticelli, Breughel, Chagall, Courbet, Degas, Delacroix, Dürer, Goya, Monet, Raphael, Rembrandt, Renoir, Rubens, Tiepolo, Titian, and many others. Each chapter focuses on one painting, with enlarged details and in-depth texts describing their significance. Taking apart each painting and then reassembling it again like a huge jigsaw puzzle, the authors reveal the history of art as a lively panorama of forgotten worlds.

In this new book, neuroscientist Eric R. Kandel, whose remarkable scientific career and deep interest in art give him a unique perspective, demonstrates how science can inform the way we experience a work of art and seek to understand its meaning.

The most famous and popular book on art ever published, this quintessential "introduction to art" has been a worldwide bestseller for over four decades. In this completely redesigned 16th edition, Gombrich, a true master, combines knowledge and wisdom with a unique gift for communicating his deep love of the subject. 440 illustrations, 376 in color.

Considered a great classic by all who seek for a meeting ground between science and the humanities, "Art and Illusion" examines the history and psychology of pictorial representation in light of present-day theories of visual perception information and learning. Searching for a rational explanation of the changing styles of art, Gombrich reexamines many ideas on the imitation of nature and the function of tradition. In testing his arguments he ranges over the history of art, noticing particularly the accomplishments of the ancient Greeks, and the visual discoveries of such masters as Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt, as well as the impressionists and the cubists. Gombrich's triumph in "Art and Illusion" arises from the fact that his main concern is less with the artists than with ourselves, the beholders.

What Are You Looking At? by Will Gompertz - a wonderfully lively and accessible history of Modern Art by the BBC Arts Editor. "An essential primer not only for art lovers but for art loathers too". (Express). What is modern art? Why do we either love it or loathe it? And why is it worth so much damn money? Join Will Gompertz on a dazzling tour that will change the way you look at modern art forever. From Monet's water lilies to Van Gogh's sunflowers, from Warhol's soup cans to Hirst's pickled shark, hear the stories behind the masterpieces, meet the artists as they really were, and discover the real point of modern art. You will learn: not all conceptual art is bollocks; Picasso is king (but Cezanne is better); Pollock is no drip; Dali painted with his moustache; a urinal changed the course of art, why your 5-year-old really couldn't do it. Refreshing, irreverent and always straightforward, What Are You Looking At? cuts through the pretentious art speak and asks all the basic questions that you were too afraid to ask. Your next gallery trip is going to be a little less intimidating and a lot more interesting. "Robert Hughes' The Shock of the New redone a la Bill Bryson". (Telegraph). This book is essential reading for sceptics, art lovers, and the millions of us who visit art galleries every year - and are confused. It will also be enjoyed by readers of The Story of Art by E.H. Gombrich and is a perfect primer to the subject for the student or beginner. Will Gompertz is the BBC Arts Editor and probably the world's first art history stand-up comedian. He was a Director at the Tate Gallery for 7 years. He has a particular interest in modern art and has written about the arts for The Times and the Guardian for over 20 years. In 2009, he wrote and performed a sell-out one-man comedy show about modern art at the Edinburgh Festival. He was recently voted one of the world's top 50 creative thinkers by New York's Creativity Magazine.

《中国美术简史(新修订本)》的前身《中国美术简史》系大专教材，由中央美术学院美术史系中国美术史教研室集体编写。原系主任薛永教授主持，原中国美术教研室主任李树声教授协助主持。1989年12月完稿，1990年9月由高等教育出版社出版。全书21万字，图三百余幅，简明扼要，以中国美术发展的阶段性为纲，以各美术门类在同一时期的演进为纬。注意了四个结合：普中国美术史基本知识与反映最新研究成果相结合，呈示中国美术各门类的发展演变与阐述重要的美术现象、美术流派、美术家和美术作品相结合，显现中国美术的自身发展与揭示美术同政治：经济、文化、宗教等相关因素相结合，运用翔实的文献资料与使用可靠的美术文物(包括新发现的重要作品)相结合。

《中国山水画史(修订本)》作者俗重新神视吾国传统文化总体价值暨内涵，而广道美术之建筑、雕塑、绘画、工艺诸科，则笔墨易散，是故用以山水画为切入之点，此所以有《中国山水画史》也。学界同仁谓作者首创分科画史，其时作者全无意于此之首也。

山水画是中华文明的独特产物。千余年来，它作为中国绘画的最大门类及其艺术成就的集中体现，作为中国人观照自然，阐释世界和承载其观念意义的一种重要方式，以鲜明的文化品格、丰富的表现形态，参与了中华民族艺术精神和人文气象的建构。20世纪以还，伴随着社会的巨大变迁，山水画的文化渗透力尽管有所削弱，但为其提供并不断滋养着后来人的价值和形式渊薮，仍然以其既作用于现实艺术情境，又作用于主体认知结构的双重效应，深深锲入当今时代。
《中国山水画通鉴》以图文相映的方式，对这部绚丽多姿的山水画发展史进行了较为完整而系统的梳理。从中展现的，不仅是山水画的发生发展过程，不仅是关乎山水画的艺术家和艺术作品的流衍变迁轨迹，而且也牵连了山水画赖以存在的文化土壤，牵连了一代又一代需要山水画的人与山水画所构成的那层不断嬗变着的微妙关系。
为了方便阅读和使用，全书以山水画发展的时序为经，以价值形态的消长变化为纬，厘定成三十四分册，每册皆独立成章而又互为生发呼应。本书《界画楼阁》为第十一册，主要阐述历代楼阁界画及宫观山水的发展和风格演进。

《中国古代山水画二十讲》作者选择了山水画各个发展时期（启于隋，终于清）最有代表性的画家为主体，以现存山水画名作（包括摹本）的欣赏为主线，以点带面地展现了古代山水画波澜壮阔的变迁历程和独特价值。