On Ugliness by Umberto Eco

On Ugliness

Umberto Eco

456 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction art history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In the mold of his acclaimed "History of Beauty," renowned cultural critic Umberto Eco's "On Ugliness" is an exploration of the monstrous and the repellant in visual culture and the arts. What is the voyeuristic impulse behind our attraction to th...

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informative 100%
reflective 58%
challenging 50%
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dark 8%

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