A 12th-century translation error kicked off a 700-year trade in mummies, depopulating the tombs of Egypt to populate European ...

《全球通史》由北京大学出版社引进后，曾于2004年推出英文第七版影印版，多年来中文版也不断修订再版，截至目前已拥有一批广大的读者。此次英文第七版再版为校订重排版，不仅吸收了2024年《全球通史》新译本的校订成果，纠正了英文原版的少量拼写错误，以脚注形 ...

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The book explores how the British artist's mother was her most trusted sitter and Paul's thoughts on Lucian Freud’s depictions of her during their relationship ...

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Barry Joule says his friend Francis Bacon gave him a trove of sketches and paintings. Some experts aren’t so sure.

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The Estate of Francis Bacon/DACS 2023 With his violent swipes of paint and the pressure of rags pressed onto painted faces, Bacon makes his presence felt throughout the exhibition.

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The National Portrait Gallery show is also an appreciation of Bacon’s innate understanding of how to make a painting work.