沃尔特·佩特(Walter Pater,1839-1894)是英国著名文艺批评家、作家,也是19世纪末英国唯美主义运动的代表人物。奥斯卡·王尔德(Oscar Wilde)常常提及自己的唯美主义思想深受佩特的影响,他可以凭借记忆引述该书结论中的内容,甚至将《文艺复兴》称为“我的金书”(my golden book)。中国对佩特理论的译介早在20世纪20年代就已经开始,徐志摩认为“他的文好像一颗颗的明珠,穿成珠光,金光闪闪, Walter Pater (1839-1894) is a famous British art critic and writer, and is also the representative of the British aesthetic movement in the late 19th century. Oscar Wilde often mentions that his aesthetic ideas are deeply influenced by Pate, who can quote from the conclusions of the book by virtue of his memory and even refer to ”Renaissance“ as ”My Golden Book“ (my golden book). As early as the 1920s, China’s translation of Petter’s Theory began. Xu Zhimo believed that ”his article is like a pearl of a pearl, dressed in pearl, glittering,