| Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages Revised Edition Contributor(s): Eco, Umberto (Author), Bredin, Hugh (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0300093047 ISBN-13: 9780300093049 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2002 Annotation: In this authoritative, lively book, the celebrated Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco presents a learned summary of medieval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of medieval culture. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History |
| Dewey: 701.170 |
| Series: Yale Nota Bene |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 4.97" W x 7.67" (0.27 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this authoritative, lively book, the celebrated Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco presents a learned summary of medieval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of medieval culture. " A] delightful study. . . . Eco's] remarkably lucid and readable essay is full of contemporary relevance and informed by the energies of a man in love with his subject." --Robert Taylor, Boston Globe "The book lays out so many exciting ideas and interesting facts that readers will find it gripping." --Washington Post Book World "A lively introduction to the subject." --Michael Camille, The Burlington Magazine "If you want to become acquainted with medieval aesthetics, you will not find a more scrupulously researched, better written (or better translated), intelligent and illuminating introduction than Eco's short volume." --D. C. Barrett, Art Monthly |