I didn't write a book review. I just read five lectures on the history of western art on the page. I felt the vivid life and colorful pictures in the book. I am full of ideas. Suddenly, another scene of the Louvre in Paris appeared in front of me: a fiery red tour guide looked at it in Chinese? The people in the group said: mainly look at three things, the statue of victory, the brokeback Venus and the Mona Lisa. Of course, everyone knows that this is the treasure of the Louvre and should not be missed. But at the latest, from the' object room' of the Louvre in the late 8th century to the present, the art collection lasting for 200 to 200 years has made Lu Fufu one of the few museums in the world. It's not too much to look at only one. Of course, I have also heard that a tour guide from China with a slight French accent leads a group of China people: Before painting the oil paintings of French master David in the painting hall, I carefully guessed such an audience from the fashionable neoclassicism. It is true that I will sincerely choose the five lectures on the history of western art at hand. I have been learning from westerners since I was a child. Open museum classes and even colorful street art are all familiar western art from ancient times to the present. China people can only learn more about relatively unfamiliar foreign cultures with the help of campus classes and readers. In this regard, we thank writers and publishers for presenting readers with such a good book that runs through the ages and covers a certain range. In anthropology, scholars have established that one of the standards of modern people is accompanied by a large number of cave murals and plastic arts, which reflect the sudden development of human intelligence. In this sense, the birth of human art history is synchronized with the emergence of modern people, and its long history goes without saying. At the rate of weekly lectures, the fifteenth lecture on the history of western art is only a semester away for universities. It will take four months to search for tens of thousands of years. We have to say that the history of western art is vast. Although the history of western art is based on Europe in the west of China, its artistic development trends are also varied and colorful due to the vastness of Europe, the complexity of geography and the differences in historical and cultural processes. Perhaps the dilemma faced by the author at first is how to concentrate the infinite artistic world and the subsequent human spiritual wisdom with limited space. Fortunately, this Fifteen Lectures on Contemporary Western Art History * well coordinates the knowledge and contract in the history of western art. First, it explains the will and attributes of art, as well as the shape, color, line and other elements of art in the form of an introduction, so that readers can have a corresponding knowledge preparation before entering art appreciation, start the thinking process of art, and then follow the streamline of the development of western art history, from the blue Aegean civilization to the modern art in the 20th century. Ancient Greek and Roman art, paintings, sculptures and architecture in the Renaissance in the Middle Ages, art schools and modernist art in different countries and regions in modern times, etc. There is a hearty feeling of "looking from the bottom up". Of course, we know that historical development has never been thin and linear, but full and tortuous, but when discussing issues related to history, the Ministry must return to a certain time and space framework. The corresponding vertical and horizontal coordinates are constructed, in which the vertical axis shows the evolution of time training and the horizontal axis conveys the relationship between Kong Wen and juxtaposition. One of the ways to sort out the complicated historical and cultural phenomena is to first sort out a simple and clear framework, in which cultural events and people in different time and space are in their respective positions. With the deepening of people's understanding and experience of history, the vertical and horizontal coordinates of this relatively single line will gradually become full and complex. From this point of view, the fifth lecture "History of Western Art" has successfully constructed a vertical and horizontal coordinate of the development of western art history, taking you into a long art corridor. Meiyuan 1, 2006 Of course, if the structure is broad and lacks depth, Lecture 15 will only be a rough history of western art, and its readability will be greatly reduced. The author successfully abandoned the long historical background, artistic movement and all narrative branches. People who are directed at the construction of art history, many artists in history, such as the North Pole, or like meteors, only capture the most representative figures in different periods and regions, but they can always explain to readers with pens, heavy makeup or light touch, so that you can be familiar with Giotto's awakening, Botticelli's charm, Da Vinci's purity, Michelangelo's agitation, Raphael's elegance and giorgione's achievements, and bring them up with great interest. Feel Broiger's temperament, Diu Lei's talent, Pu Sang's strength, Hua Tuo's emotional appeal, David's ideal, angel's form, Delacroix's passion and Manet's light and shadow. Moreover, in the text, the author always remembers to attach a portrait to each artist in order to provide readers with a way to face the individual artist directly and understand his inner world. No matter at home or abroad, there are always many works of art in the history of art. Because these works are often the synthesis of politics, society, mythology, religion, philosophy or literature in different periods, the connotations and images expressed in them are profound and rich. Interpreting images and connotation has become one of the basic methodologies of art history research, and it also constitutes a great challenge to art historians. Reading all kinds of art history books to explain the connotation of the works and the image of the metropolis occupies a considerable space. However, different interpreters will have considerable differences in their exploration and experience of the deep meaning of images, thus showing the charm of multiple meanings of images. (Although the author of Lecture 15 on the History of Western Art also pays attention to the appreciation and evaluation of famous works of art, he avoids generalizing many works of master artists, only takes the most important ones, and spares no effort in pen and ink. Let readers be impressed by the famous works in history. Generally, works of art in history always contain religious connotations, political sermons, moral allegories, or expressions of personal feelings and artistic pursuits, techniques and skills. In the interpretation of specific works, the author often provides readers with a simple knowledge background of the works, including humanities, psychology, society, artists and so on. Secondly, the research results of western art historians are collected to prompt readers to understand the works in various known and possible ways, showing a multi-perspective and multi-dimensional cognitive horizon; The elements of the image are repeatedly and carefully analyzed. The book review of Meiyuan 1996 1 opens a door for people to explore the mystery and beauty of art with colorful, concise and clear text description, highly personalized language style and interesting story narration. Finally, besides image interpretation, it pays attention to mobilizing all expressive force and technical elements of the picture and expanding readers' horizons. Make people understand the theme and meaning of images, understand the relationship between formal language and connotation of works, sort out the development vein of artistic expression language in different historical periods, explore the broader human spiritual world outside images, and then explore the profound significance of works of art. For many famous works in the book, such as Bei Lini's Banquet of the Gods, Titian's ((Bacos and Ariadne), The Wedding of Cana, Veronica, Bos's ((Banquet for Fools), Dutch Fables, and The Messenger of Little holbein, etc.), the authors are generous with their pen and ink, and they are interested in religious stories, myths and fables, or secular life. As for Pu Sang ((shepherd of Arcadia), Rembrandt ((night patrol), David (. Cirico ((Medusa's raft), Delacroix ((Napoli, Sardan's death), Picasso ((guernica)) and other paintings and sculptures are "great masterpieces", and they do their best to conduct comprehensive and in-depth analysis and discussion. There is no denying that,