迈耶·夏皮罗(Meyer Schapiro)是20世纪最具原创性的艺术史家之一。他的研究涵盖了古代晚期、早期基督教艺术、中世纪艺术,以及他毕生最为关注的现代艺术。在他所执教的哥伦比亚大学曾有一句流行话,“假如西方文明被摧毁,迈耶可以在十天之内将它重建出来”。这位渊博深邃的艺术写作者对于一件事情深信不疑,这就是艺术的智性(the intelligence of art):它有关于设计、运思、对艺术家主体 Meyer Schapiro is one of the most original art historians of the 20th century. His research covers the late ancient, early Christian art, medieval art, as well as the modern art most concerned about his life. There was a popular saying at Columbia University where he coached, “If Western civilization was destroyed, Meyer could reconstruct it in ten days.” This deep and profound art writer is convinced of one thing, that is, the intelligence of art: it is about the design, the thinking, the artist’s subject