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On beauty / edited by Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by Alastair McEwen.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publication details: London : Secker & Warburg, 2004.Description: 438 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. facsims., ports. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780436205170 (hbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 111.85 22
LOC classification:
  • BH39
Summary: 'On 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.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
General The Harden Library, King's Hospital Main 111.85 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R16086A0499

Includes index.

'On 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.

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