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On Beauty by Umberto Eco (Hardcover, 2004)
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BEAUTY is neither a history of art, nor a history of aesthetics but Umberto Eco draws on the histories of both these disciplines to define the ideas of beauty that have informed sensibilities from the classical world to modern times. n terms of form and style, BEAUTY has been conceived for a vast and diversified readership- taking in painting, sculpture, architecture, film, photography, the decorative arts, novels and poems, it offers a rich and intelligent panorama of this huge subject. It traces the philosophy of aesthetics through history and examines some of the many treatises that have sought to define it. BEAUTY is Umberto Eco at his most captivating and eclectic- we read not only of Botticelli and Michelangelo but of how the fashion of the 1960s owes much to ancient Egyptian dress, and how ancient Roman and eighteenth-century hairstyles have much in common. It makes the familiar new, and sheds a brilliant new light on the unfamiliar. llustrated in full colour throughout and produced to the highest standards, BEAUTY is an indispensable book.Product Identifiers
PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139780436205170
eBay Product ID (ePID)86627475
Product Key Features
Book TitleOn Beauty
AuthorUmberto Eco
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicPopular Philosophy, Art Theory
Publication Year2004
Number of Pages440 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height242mm
Item Width178mm
Item Weight1394g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorUmberto Eco
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 29 Aug, 2023
Fascinating book
Eco's novels are compelling so when I realised he was do, so much more I bought thus. Expecially as I was an Art major. Good for mathematicians alsoVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 11 Feb, 2023
beautiful book
excellent book, with well chosen and well printed pictures and interesting text.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 29 Apr, 2024
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