Neil MacGregor has been the director of the British Museum since 2002; prior to that, he was the director of the National Gallery in London. A popular presenter on BBC television and radio, he was named Briton of the Year in 2008. He lives in England.
In A History of the World in 100 Objects, Neal MacGregor, director of the British Museum, takes readers on a tour of the world by way of its material goods. From everyday items such as pots, utensils, and money to valuables such as art and jewelry, MacGregor shows that the things humans have left behind are often as rich and informative as written texts. Whether it's a strange and unique object like a throne made of rifles from Mozambique or a medieval German crystal, or a familiar one like a sculpture of the head of Augustus or Hokusai's painting The Great Wave, MacGregor skillfully weaves each one into the fabric of the society that it came from. In that sense, the book is much more than a museum catalog: it's a hundred keyhole views into a hundred different societies from around the world and throughout history.
虽说自己是学历史的,但是每次自己去博物馆的时候,内心深深困惑的事是自己根本看不出这些破铜烂铁到底有多大价值,值得我们去瞻仰它。但是自从翻看这本书之后,我深感原来文物背后还隐藏着如此多的信息,可以给我们讲述如此精彩和深刻历史故事。大英博物馆储藏了世界各地的优...
评分在开篇之初,作者便提到:“重访一个儿时参观过的博物馆,许多人会感慨我们自身变化之大,而物品却一如既往。”作为中国读者,恐怕很难有机会二次游览大英博物馆,唯一能够体会作者心境的途径,大概就是先读读这本《大英博物馆》,然后当有机会去实地游览的时候体会一下重访之...
评分编纂世界史从来就是一件令人望而生畏的事。且不说那些宏观抽象且枯燥的经济史、政治史、思想史,即使微观领域的,也有建筑史、服饰史等等,而且各大洲各个国家各个时代的情形又错综复杂。如何将这些连起来可以绕地球无数个圈的观点和数据联缀成一幅疏密有致、,的巨幅画...
评分如果想講述整個世界的歷史與文化,不過於偏袒人類某一族群,就不能光靠文字史料。因為文字歷史的期間較短、且多半受權力者影響而失其客觀性。而用物品來述說歷史,正是博物館存在的理由。從文物角度來解讀世界歷史文化,應更能貼近史實,這便是本書的特色。 唯解讀歷史,往往要...
评分也许是我的浅陋,还是第一次看到这样一部以器物为主角的世界史。说句暴露我水平低下的话,此前我一直以为世界史最好的就是斯塔夫里阿诺斯的《全球通史》,那一套书视野宏大,角度客观,我看了很多遍。 大英博物馆馆藏珍品无数,若从中选多当然易如反掌,然而从中只选取...
The curator's response to “Crusoe in England” (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/48287)。 书后又撸了十多本想读的。
评分从世界史(而不是艺术史)角度讲述展品
评分利落 干净
评分一百件按时代排序的馆藏器物,一百个各自独立却又遥相呼应的小故事,除了作者本人的忠实描绘与史料呈现,还夹杂着许多相关人物的评论。这一百个章节每一个读起来都兴致盎然,串联起来就成为一整个人类文明史的大略脉络。对我这个考古和历史的爱好者和门外汉来说,真是爱不释手的好读物。
评分内容浅,结构散。更适合广播,每晚来一个小故事。
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