Looking at Pictures

Looking at pictures can be enjoyable, exciting or moving. Some pictures are easily appreciated at first glance, but others - often the most rewarding - require some explanation before they can be fully understood. This clearly written and enjoyable book is intended both to increase pleasure and stimulate thought and tackles many aspects of looking at paintings. Starting with fa...

Looking at pictures can be enjoyable, exciting or moving. Some pictures are easily appreciated at first glance, but others - often the most rewarding - require some explanation before they can be fully understood. This clearly written and enjoyable book is intended both to increase pleasure and stimulate thought and tackles many aspects of looking at paintings. Starting with familiar ideas, Dr Susan Woodford moves on to explore subtler, less obvious concepts. For example, she shows how paintings can be appreciated as patterns on a flat surface emotional effect; how ordinary objects can conceal hidden meanings and how knowledge of tradition improves our understanding of revolutionary works.

作者：(英国)苏珊·伍德福德 (Woodford.S.) 译者：钱乘旦

译者简介：

钱乘旦，历史学博士，荣誉文学博士（英国），现任北京大学历史系教授，中国英国史研究会会长。主要研究方向为欧洲史、世界现代化比较研究、西方文化史。主要著作包括：《走向现代国家之路》、《第一个工业化社会》、《在传统与变革之间——英国文化模式溯源》、《世界现代化进程》、《寰球透视：现代化的迷途》等，译著有《帝国斜阳》、《英国工人阶级的形成》。担任中央电视台12集电视纪录片《大国崛起》的学术指导。作品多次获奖，包括国家教委人文社会科学研究成果一等奖、江苏省哲学社会科学优秀成果一等奖、吴玉章奖等。曾主持多项重大科研项目，包括“英国与英联邦国家发展研究”、“英国与发达国家现代化研究”、“世界现代化进程不同模式研究”等。