The Books That Shaped Art History reassesses the impact of some of the most important texts of art history published during the twentieth century. Each of the sixteen incisive chapters focuses on a single title and is written by a leading art historian, curator or one of the promising scholars of today's generation. In bringing these cross-generational contributions together, this book provides a varied and invaluable overview of the history of art, told through its seminal texts. The sixteen books include Nikolaus Pevsners gospel of Modernism, Pioneers of the Modern Movement, Alfred Barrs now legendary monograph on Matisse, E.H. Gombrichs Art and Illusion, Clement Greenbergs Art and Culture, which had a seismic impact when it was published in 1961 and Rosalind Krausss The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths, which introduced structuralist and post-structuralist philosophy into art historical study. Initiated by and prepared under the auspices of The Burlington Magazine, each chapter - with writers including John Elderfield, Richard Verdi and Susie Nash - analyses a single major book, mapping the intellectual development of its author, setting out the premises and argument of the book, discussing its position within the field of art history, and looking at its significance in the context both of its initial reception and its legacy. An introduction by John-Paul Stonard explores how art history has been forged by these outstanding contributions to scholarship, as well as by the dialogues and ruptures between them. The book is supplemented by contextual essays summarising the achievements of each art historian and offering a detailed publication history of their texts, with suggestions for further reading. Enlivening debates and questioning the very status of art history itself, The Books That Shaped Art History is a concise and brilliant overview of the discipline and an invaluable resource for students, teachers, bibliophiles and all those interested in visual culture and its histories.
理查德·肖恩 Richard Shone (1949- ) 是《伯灵顿杂志》编辑，对法国和英国艺术有大量的研究和著述，如《布鲁姆斯伯里肖像》（1976年）、《后印像派画家》（1979年）、《华特•席格》（1988年）、《西斯莱》（1993年）等。
约翰-保罗·斯托纳德 John paul Stonard（1973-) 是著名艺术史家，《伯灵顿杂志》的前特约编辑。2007年他出版了专著《断层线：1945—1955年的德国艺术》。他是英国考陶尔德艺术学院客座教授，2010—2011年美国华盛顿国家美术馆高级研究员。他在现当代德国和英国艺术上有广泛研究和著述出版，并且是《伯灵顿杂志》和《泰晤士报文学与艺术副刊》的定期撰稿人。
译者 万爽，香港科技大学博士。语言爱好者，艺术史爱好者。
吴剑，北京师范大学文学博士，浙江大学哲学博士后，现为浙江大学美学与批评理...
