中文简介：

Charlotte Mullins通过关注那些创造艺术的人将艺术带入生活，重要的是，她重新构建了包括在叙事中的人，以创造一个更加多样化和令人兴奋的艺术景观。她展示了艺术如何帮助我们以不同的方式看待世界，理解我们在其中的位置，它如何帮助我们表达自己，激发我们的创造力，并促进我们的整体福祉和积极的心理健康。

我们的祖先为什么要进行艺术创作？艺术对他们意味着什么，他们的艺术对我们今天意味着什么？为什么艺术会如此重要？

穆林斯向我们介绍了秦始皇兵马俑和诺克雕塑，乔托、米开朗基罗等文艺复兴时期的艺术家，凯特·科尔维茨、巴勃罗·毕加索、弗里达·卡洛等开拓者。她还提及了被遗忘的艺术家，如Sofonisba Anguissola、Guan Daosheng和Jacob Lawrence，并前往尼日尔河谷、秘鲁、爪哇、拉帕努伊岛和澳大利亚，以扩大我们对艺术是什么和应该是什么的理解。

英文简介：

Charlotte Mullins brings art to life through the stories of those who created it and, importantly, reframes who is included in the narrative to create a more diverse and exciting landscape of art. She shows how art can help us see the world differently and understand our place in it, how it helps us express ourselves, fuels our creativity and contributes to our overall wellbeing and positive mental health.

Why did our ancestors make art? What did art mean to them and what does their art mean for us today? Why is art even important at all?

Mullins introduces readers to the Terracotta Army and Nok sculptures, Renaissance artists such as Giotto and Michelangelo, trailblazers including Käthe Kollwitz, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo. She also restores forgotten artists such as Sofonisba Anguissola, Guan Daosheng and Jacob Lawrence, and travels to the Niger valley, Peru, Java, Rapa Nui and Australia, to broaden our understanding of what art is and should be.