Art and beauty in the Middle Ages
by Eco, Umberto
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0300036760
- ISBN 13
- 9780300036763
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About This Item
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 1986. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Yale Nota bene. Physical description: x, 131 pages ; 20 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-129) and index. Translation of: Sviluppo dell'estetica medievale, a chapter in Momenti e problemi di storia dell'estetica, v.1 (1959). Translated from the Italian. Contents: The medieval aesthetic sensibility -- Transcendental beauty -- The aesthetics of proportion -- The aesthetics of light -- Symbol and allegory -- Aesthetic perception -- The aesthetics of the organism -- Development and decline of the aesthetics of the organism -- Theories of art -- Inspiration and the status of art -- Conclusion. Subjects: Aesthetics, Medieval; Art, European; Aesthetics History; Beauty; European visual arts; Art Medieval.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 410334
- Title
- Art and beauty in the Middle Ages
- Author
- Eco, Umberto
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0300036760
- ISBN 13
- 9780300036763
- Publisher
- New Haven ; London : Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1986
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