E. H. Gombrich's Little History of the World, though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in English in 2005. The Yale edition alone has now sold over half a million copies, and the book is available worldwide in almost thirty languages. Gombrich was of course the best-known art historian of his time, and his text su...
E. H. Gombrich's Little History of the World, though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in English in 2005. The Yale edition alone has now sold over half a million copies, and the book is available worldwide in almost thirty languages. Gombrich was of course the best-known art historian of his time, and his text suggests illustrations on every page. This illustrated edition of the Little History brings together the pellucid humanity of his narrative with the images that may well have been in his mind's eye as he wrote the book. The two hundred illustrations-most of them in full color-are not simple embellishments, though they are beautiful. They emerge from the text, enrich the author's intention, and deepen the pleasure of reading this remarkable work. For this edition the text is reset in a spacious format, flowing around illustrations that range from paintings to line drawings, emblems, motifs, and symbols. The book incorporates freshly drawn maps, a revised preface, and a new index. Blending high-grade design, fine paper, and classic binding, this is both a sumptuous gift book and an enhanced edition of a timeless account of human history.
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作者简介
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Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, OM, CBE (30 March 1909 – 3 November 2001) was an Austrian-born art historian, who spe
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Middle Ages were like a starry night. Let me explain.Have you ever
heard people talking about the Dark Ages? This is the name given
to the period which followed the collapse of the Roman empire
when very few people could read or write and hardly anyone knew
what was going on in the world. And because of this, they loved
telling each other all sorts of weird and wonderful tales and were
generally very superstitious. ‘Dark’, too, because houses in those
days were small and dark, and because the streets and highways
that the Romans had built had all fallen into decay and were overgrown
and their camps and cities had become grass-covered ruins.
The good Roman laws were forgotten and the beautiful Greek
statues had been smashed to pieces. All this is tr... (查看原文)
THE LITTLE HISTORIES(共22册)，
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等
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0 有用 xun 2018-10-28 13:04:36
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1 有用 三皮 2017-05-12 14:00:42
手机上备着打发时间的，读完了。智慧啊。
3 有用 苦琴酒 2017-04-08 00:00:47
鉴于年代，可谓超级正确了，无论政治上还是学术上。如果不是硬要有个“超过”的感觉，应该谁都不忍心说还有西方中心主义残留吧。
6 有用 LaoBai 2019-12-27 07:11:00
中学历史教科书难度的历史畅销书和长销书，有多长呢，第一版其实是在二战前写完的。 作者的名气来自另外一本书，《艺术的故事》，那是一本定价近300元豆瓣评分9.6的巨著。我80年代读到的版本还是黑白的，作者的名字译作冈布里奇。 根据坊间传说，如果没有这本书的成功，也不会有人请他完成《艺术的故事》。 国内最新的版本是理想国出的，名字是《世界小史》，好像是从德文版直接译过来的。耶鲁出版社出的英文版是由他的... 中学历史教科书难度的历史畅销书和长销书，有多长呢，第一版其实是在二战前写完的。 作者的名气来自另外一本书，《艺术的故事》，那是一本定价近300元豆瓣评分9.6的巨著。我80年代读到的版本还是黑白的，作者的名字译作冈布里奇。 根据坊间传说，如果没有这本书的成功，也不会有人请他完成《艺术的故事》。 国内最新的版本是理想国出的，名字是《世界小史》，好像是从德文版直接译过来的。耶鲁出版社出的英文版是由他的助手翻译的。 至于要不要读，则见仁见智，我挺喜欢眼下风头颇劲的翻译家陆大鹏的答案，“我读到这本书的时候已经不年轻了，所以不觉得怎么样好。。。sorry” 至于我自己的答案：我读到这本书的时候已经不年轻了，真希望能早一些碰到它。。。 (展开)
0 有用 斑马小犰 2023-06-22 22:51:15 澳大利亚
作为欧洲史入门不错。写的很有趣。