On Ugliness

Zusatztext 'guaranteed to deliver all kinds of provocative and arcane delights. Like most of Eco's work! it defies ready classification! but is surely the better for that. Highly recommended' Historical Novels Review. Informationen zum Autor Umberto Eco's first novel, T he Name of the Rose (1982), was a huge bestseller which brought him worldwide acclaim. With his subsequent works of fiction, philosophy, literary criticism and semiotics, he has been recognised as one of Europe's finest thinkers. He is currently President of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Humanistici and the University of Bologna. He is also known for his lavishly illustrated anthologies, On Beauty , On Ugliness , The Infinity of Lists and The Book of Legendary Lands. Klappentext Sumptuously illustrated and fascinatingly written - a vast store of wisdom on the nature of ugliness by one of our most celebrated contemporary thinkers. Zusammenfassung Sumptuously illustrated and fascinatingly written - a vast store of wisdom on the nature of ugliness by one of our most celebrated contemporary thinkers.

Product details

• Authors: Umberto Eco, Eco Umberto
• Assisted by: Alastair McEwen (Translation), McEwen Alastair (Translation)
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2011
• EAN: 9780857051622
• ISBN: 978-0-85705-162-2
• No. of pages: 456
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 204 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; The arts: general issues, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, ART / History / Renaissance, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts, Christianity, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE