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In A Companion Volume To His History Of Beauty, The Renowned Philosopher And Cultural Critic Analyzes Our Attraction To The Gruesome, Horrific, And Repellant In Visual Culture And The Arts, Drawing On Abundant Examples Of Painting And Sculpture, Ranging From Antiquity To The Works Of Bosch, Goya, And Others. I. Ugliness In The Classical World -- 1. A World Dominated By Beauty? -- 2. The Greek World And Horror -- Ii. Passion, Death, Martyrdom -- 1. The Pancalistic View Of The Universe -- 2. The Suffering Of Christ -- 3. Martyrs, Hermits, Penitents -- 4. The Triumph Of Death -- Iii. The Apocalypse, Hell, And The Devil -- 1. A Universe Of Horrors -- 2. Hell -- 3. The Metamorphoses Of The Devil -- Iv. Monsters And Portents -- 1. Prodigies And Monsters -- 2. An Aesthetic Of The Immeasurable -- 3. The Moralization Of Monsters -- 4. The Mirabilia -- 5. The Fate Of Monsters -- V. The Ugly, The Comic, And The Obscene -- 1. Priapus -- 2. Satires On The Peasantry And Carnival Festivities -- 3. Renaissance And Liberation -- 4. Caricature -- Vi. The Ugliness Of Woman From Antiquity To The Baroque Period -- 1. The Anti-female Tradition -- 2. Mannerism And The Baroque -- Vii. The Devil In The Mod

Who reads On Ugliness?

Author

Umberto Eco

Publisher

Rizzoli; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780847829866

Category

art

Subjects

Fiction, Reference, Philosophy

Rating

3.86 / 5 (13,805 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14