'The Ugly Animals' is a collection of 60 of the world's most ugly (and endangered) animals, featuring rare imagery and explanatory text.
Cette vingtaine de contributions propose une sorte de bilan des formes changeantes et multiples de la communication entre les hommes sur une longue période, de l'Antiquité au monde actuel. Le Congrès national des sociétés historiques et scientifiques rassemble chaque année unive…
'On Ugliness' is a study of the concept of ugliness through time. The text presents Eco's captivating and intelligent analysis of an idea through its manifestation in art, literature, architecture and photography.
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 w…
'On Ugliness' is a study of the concept of ugliness through time. The text presents Eco's captivating and intelligent analysis of an idea through its manifestation in art, literature, architecture and photography.