On ugliness

On ugliness

by Eco, Umberto

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In a companion volume to his "History of Beauty," the renowned philosopher and cultural critic analyzes our attraction to the gruesome, horrific, and repellant in visual culture and the arts, drawing on abundant examples of painting and sculpture, ranging from antiquity to the works of Bosch, Goya, and others

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Title Statements

  • Full title :On ugliness / ed. by Umberto Eco. Transl. from the Italian by Alastair McEwen

Summary

In a companion volume to his "History of Beauty," the renowned philosopher and cultural critic analyzes our attraction to the gruesome, horrific, and repellant in visual culture and the arts, drawing on abundant examples of painting and sculpture, ranging from antiquity to the works of Bosch, Goya, and others

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:c 2007

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Harvill Secker
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:c 2007

The Physical Object

  • Description:455 Seiten : Illustrationen (chiefly color), Porträts (chiefly color) : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1846551226, 9781846551222
  • oclc:ocn255909831
  • LC Classification:BH301.U5
  • Dewey Decimal:701/.17

Subjects

Aesthetics Art Art -- Philosophie Art -- Philosophy Laideur Laideur dans l'art Ugliness Ugliness in art

Writers

Eco, Umberto

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