基督教内部分为东正教、天主教和新教三大派系。圣像是在基督教会中对基督、圣母、圣徒、天使和教会节日等画像的称呼。圣像作为东正教礼拜和神学的组成部分，在基督教文化和艺术中占有重要地位。本书是关于东正教圣像研究的第一部中文著作，以图文并茂的形式系统介绍和解释了东正教圣像的历史起源、神学含义、宗教功能、艺术特点、基本类型以及从拜占庭到俄罗斯的圣像艺术发展历程。 该书是由中国学者首次撰写的东正教圣像艺术专著，它图文并茂，五彩缤纷，叙述言简意赅，朴实而深沉，将使读者，特别是爱好绘画艺术的读者感到新颖和喜爱，享受到圣像画艺术的魅力。——乐峰（中国社科院东正教著名权威学者，《俄国宗教史》作者。）

The coverage of this book focuses on the art of Constantinople from 330 to 1453 and the stages this went through in reaction to historical circumstances as the city progressed from the Christian centre of the Eastern Roman Empire, to the crisis of attack from the new religion of Islam, to revived medieval splendour and then, after the Latin capture of 1204 and the reoccupation by Byzantine after 1261, to a period of cultural reconciliation with east and west. The book shows how changes in society led to changes in art by focusing on particular cases and objects.

This fascinating new account of what happened in Greece from c.800 to 323 bc shows how sculptors and painters responded to the challenges they faced in the extremely formidable and ambitious world of the Greek city-state. The numerous symbols and images employed by their eastern Mediterranean neighbours on the one hand, and the explorations of what it was to be human embodied in the narratives with which Greek poets worked on the other, helped produce the rich diversity of forms apparent in Greek art. The drawings and sculptures of this period referred so intimately to the human form as to lead both ancient and modern theorists to talk in terms of the 'mimetic' role of art. The importance of what occurred still affects the way we see today. Ranging widely over the fields of sculpture, vase painting and the minor arts, this book provides a clear introduction to the art of archaic and classical Greece. By looking closely at the context in which and for which sculptures and paintings were produced, Robin Osborne demonstrates how artistic developments were both a product of, and contributed to, the intensely competitive life of the Greek city. Introduction Chapter 1: A history of art without artists Chapter 2: From praying to playing: the art of the eighth century BC Chapter 3: Reflections in an eastern mirror Chapter 4: Myth as measure Chapter 5: Life enlarged Chapter 6: Marketing an image Chapter 7: Enter politics Chapter 8: Gay abandon Chapter 9: Cult, politics, and imperialism Chapter 10: The claims of the dead Chapter 11. Individuals within and without the city Chapter 12: The sensation of art Chapter 13: Looking Backwards List of Illustrations, Bibliographic essay, Timeline, Index

•跨越三个世纪和四大洲的风景之旅、历史和艺术之旅，以自然元素木、水、石分篇，内容丰富而结构恢弘，有光影、有色彩、有气味……生动再现了不同民族和文化的风景体验。 •作者西蒙•沙玛因多部扛鼎之作和纪录片《英国史》《艺术的力量》而蜚声国际。《风景与记忆》曾获W.H.史密斯文学奖，被评为美国《时代周刊》年度好书之一。 •彩图32面，黑白图片200多幅，包括许多名画和雕塑，图文并茂引人入胜。 本书探讨了神圣或神秘的河流、森林和高山等对文化想象力的影响。有力地说明人们被自然所塑造的程度不亚于他们塑造自然的程度。本书不是把风景作为孤立和个别的现象，而是作为连续的全景，视角跨越欧洲和美洲、东方和西方，融合个人记忆和群体经历，涵盖诗歌、传说、绘画、雕塑、建筑、园林等诸多方面，从多样的风景体验中挖掘出深层文化记忆，重寻人类与自然之间的精神纽带。