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On Ugliness by Umberto Eco, Alastair McEwen is a art available to read on EtoBox.
What is On Ugliness about?
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? Is ugliness also in the eye of the beholder? Eco’s encyclopedic knowledge and captivating storytelling skills combine in this ingenious study of the Ugly
Who reads On Ugliness?
It is typically read by collectors seeking rare, out-of-print or specialist editions.
Common subject areas: rare and out-of-print works.
- Author
- Umberto Eco, Alastair McEwen
- Publisher
- Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780847837236
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- Philosophy, History, Art
- Rating
- 3.86 / 5 (13,805 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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