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438 pages • first pub 2004 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780436205170
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Secker and Warburg
Edition Pub Date: 18 May 2004
nonfiction
art
history
philosophy
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Description
'On 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.
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438 pages • first pub 2004 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780436205170
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Secker and Warburg
Edition Pub Date: 18 May 2004
nonfiction
art
history
philosophy
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Description
'On 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.
Community Reviews
Content Warnings