Description
In this fascinating exploration, Umberto Eco delves into the complex and often contradictory nature of ugliness across visual culture and the arts. He investigates the enduring human fascination with the monstrous, the repellant, and the gruesome, questioning the origins of our attraction to the sordid and the scandalous. Through a rich tapestry of examples from literature, art, and philosophy, Eco reveals how what we often shun in daily life holds a powerful, subliminal appeal. This provocative study examines concepts of evil, depravity, and darkness, demonstrating that ugliness, like beauty, is a profoundly subjective and culturally constructed phenomenon.
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hardcover
Rizzoli
Published Oct 30, 2007
456 pages
ISBN: 9780847829866
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Details
First Published
2007
Language
eng
Translation
From: ita
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for On Ugliness by Umberto Eco.