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On Ugliness
On Ugliness
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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 the gruesome and the horrible? Where does the magnetic appeal of the sordid and the scandalous come from? ... more »
Author:
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 the gruesome and the horrible? Where does the magnetic appeal of the sordid and the scandalous come from? ... more »
ISBN-13: 9780847837236
ISBN-10: 0847837238
Publication Date: 10/18/2011
Pages: 456
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ISBN-10: 0847837238
Publication Date: 10/18/2011
Pages: 456
Rating: ?
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Publisher: Rizzoli
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 2
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Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 2
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