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Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages
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Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages (1959) (edit title/settings)

by Umberto Eco (Author) (edit contributors)

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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... read more

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THIS short work attempts to investigate the historical development of certain aesthetic problems and aesthetic theories which engaged the energies of medieval Latin civilisation, in the period that stretched from the sixth to the fifteenth centuries.

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I. The Medieval Aesthetic Sensibility
II. Transcendental Beauty
III. The Aesthetics of Proportion
IV. The Aesthetics of Light
V. Symbol and Allegory
VI. Aesthetic Perception
VII. The Aesthetics of the Organism
VIII. Development and Decline of the Aesthetics of the Organism
IX. Theories of Art
X. Inspiration and the Status of Art
XI. Conclusion

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  1. Umberto Eco (Author)

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Original Language: Italian
Publisher: Marzorati Editore
Country: Italy
Publication Date: 1959
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