On Thursday, the Beijing University Publishing House released a hardcover edition of "Western Art History" in the press room of the Beijing Book Building, with a total of 580,000 words and a huge work, from ancient Greek architecture and sculpture to the Renaissance with successive masters, from gorgeous and graceful classicism to strange and changeable modern and contemporary art...... One by one, the magnificent eras in the history of Western art have been spread out in front of Chinese readers. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"A History of Western Art for Everyone" is different from the previous one, it is more like a historical oral account that follows the timeline, and it is moving and slowly.

In the same Western art history, the two books have completely different flavors.

And they belong to the same author.

That's Lin Haven!

In addition to Lin Haiwen's teacher Chang Shuo, there were also several industry leaders such as the dean of Tianmei, Kuang Shichang, chairman of the Art Theory Committee of the Huaguo Artists Association, and Li Min, senior editor of the Foreign Languages Bureau of the Commercial Press.

"These two works should be said to be the second of the best Western art history works in China at present. "Western Art History" is very suitable for art students, it uses a large number of Western art examples, detailed information, unique analysis, and tells the development process of the entire Western art history in simple terms, which is of great significance for us to understand and learn Western art history.

As the name suggests, it can be seen that "A History of Western Art for Everyone" is a work with an artistic popularity7 and even some prose beauty, which may be Mr. Lin's advantage as a well-known writer. This book is aimed at ordinary people, or non-professionals, who are obviously interested in Western art history. ”

Kuang Shichang did not hesitate to praise him, in fact, when Beijing University Publishing House contacted him, he refused at first, Lin Haven wrote art history, which is simply unbelievable. As a senior art theorist scholar. Kuang Shichang understands very well how difficult it is to write a good art history, especially for Chinese people to write a history of Western art. But when the publisher handed him the proof, he changed his mind.

Amazing.

Especially in the volume of "History of Western Art", if it were not for the old and pedantic, if he wanted to write such a work, it would really be impossible to think about it.

Li Min of the Commercial Press praised the four translations, saying that the translations were extremely successful on the basis of professionalism, readability and literary beauty, and that in recent years, there are few translations that focus on mainstream Western art.

The comments of these two experts were transmitted as soon as possible.

The sample books of the Beijing University Publishing House were also sent to various places, such as CAFA, Guomei, Tianmei, Qingmei, Tongcheng Academy of Fine Arts, Huaguo Academy of Painting and Calligraphy, People's Literature and Art Magazine, Artists Association, Writers Association, etc., and more than 100 sample books were empty.

Dean Jiang of CAFA held "Western Art History", wore reading glasses, and watched it for a long time before he exhaled softly and shook his head.

Jiang Tao, who was sitting across from him, had been here three times in the afternoon, and he was also very curious, he had no research on Western art history, so he was waiting for Dean Jiang to finish reading it to see if he was really "one of the best Chinese people to write Western art history today", as Kuang Shichang said.

"What do you mean by shaking your head?

"No," Dean Jiang took off his glasses: "When did you say Lin Haven wrote it, such a book can't be written without a few years of hard work." ”

"It won't be written when Tianmei said that he wanted to hire him," Jiang Tao took it and flipped it over: "Maybe Lin Haven is dedicated to learning and doesn't want to be like us as ordinary people, but many people even jumped out and said that people don't have a theoretical height, so they threw it out and slapped people in the face." ”

"You helped him think well, Lin Haven is still less in the limelight?"

"It's because there is too much limelight that he has to keep a low profile. Jiang Tao patted the cover: "You haven't said anything yet, it looks good?"

"It's not bad, it's better than the textbooks we use now. "CAFA's current textbook is still the book of Mr. Lin Zongchang, a theorist in the 80s, and the standard is naturally not low, but it is somewhat out of step with the times. Lin Haven's book has been written into the 21st century, which can be said to keep pace with the times.

It's not that there are no talents in China, it's mainly that doing art history is thankless, and if you don't have that height, if you say you want to write art history, people will treat you as a joke. And unless you really write better, there will always be a large number of people who are not convinced.

But Lin Haven doesn't have to worry, he has achieved enough amazing things that some people will think he is crazy, but few people will say that he is a joke. As for the quality of the book, he found such a book from the Chinese materials of the original world for more than a hundred years, and how it is can be seen from the evaluation of Kuang Shichang, Dean Jiang and others.

On "People's Literature and Art", Kuang Shichang's book recommendation article was the icing on the cake, which was reprinted many times for a while.

"Art Theory Research Opens Up Wonders Again: On Lin Haven's History of Western Art"

In addition, "A History of Western Art for Everyone" has been included in the monthly book list by many websites and publishing houses: "The history of Western art suitable for you and me is not difficult or profound, and it should be the most palatable book for writing Western art history." If you are interested in cultivating and dabbling in the Western view of art history, this book is not to be missed. ”

Among the translations, Gombrich's "The Story of Art" has long been Guigao's work in art monographs, and there are already three translations in China, and as soon as Lin Haiwen's new translation comes out, comparisons are inevitable, and the mainstream view is still very favorable to Lin Haiwen:

Although each translation has its own shortcomings and strengths, on the basis of the same standard, the Lin Haiwen translation still has a significant advantage - it is the most recent translation in time! It should be the most suitable choice for today's readers, and even for art practitioners. ”

Jingda Publishing House didn't expect that Lin Haven said that everyone shouted and beat a bit before, but it was definitely full of opponents. But at this time, a few books were sprinkled, the evaluation was simply surprising, and the situation was completely reversed, with praise and recommendation becoming the mainstream, and sour words becoming a sideshow.

Seeing this situation, the motivation of Jingda Publishing House is even more sufficient.

Lin Haiwen's books have always been the fastest, and the manuscripts he took out were no different from the finished manuscripts, they belonged to the kind of ones that could be sent to the printing house when they were taken.

Because he was originally the finished manuscript he took out.

Therefore, in the third week after the press conference, "Western Art History for Everyone" was put on the shelves of the Beijing Book Building, and book e-commerce companies such as Tianjie and Amazon also followed suit. And "Western Art History" is also on the market in small quantities, and the hardcover book priced at 318 is not something that ordinary people will buy.

Thanks to the pros and cons, 15,000 copies of the book were sold on the first day it hit the shelves.

You know, a paperback with an annual circulation of 50,000 copies is considered a bestseller.

"Lin Haven's new book on art history aims to be a bestseller of the year!" )