On Beauty: A History Of A Western Idea

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. In Terms Of Form And Style, Beauty Has Been Conceived For A Vast And Diversified Readership: Taking In Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Film, Photography, The Decorative Arts, Novels And Poems, It Offers A Rich And Intelligent Panorama Of This Huge Subject.

Hardcover. English. Secker & Warburg. 2004. 438 pp. In good condition. Book No: 17567