Umberto Eco,Girolamo De Michele,Alastair McEwen,Agnolo di Cosimo Bronzino
Umberto Ecoâ€™s groundbreaking and much-acclaimed first illustrated book has been a critical success since its first publication in 2004. What is beauty? Umberto Eco, among Italyâ€™s finest and most important contemporary thinkers, explores the nature, the meaning, and the very history of the idea of beauty in Western culture. The profound and subtle text is lavishly illustrated with abundant examples of sublime painting and sculpture and lengthy quotations from writers and philosophers. This is the first paperback edition of ,History of Beauty,, making this intellectual and philosophical journey with one of the worldâ€™s most acclaimed thinkers available in a more compact and affordable format.,From the Trade Paperback edition
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History of Beauty