On Beauty

A History of a Western Idea

Umberto Eco, Alastair McEwen, Alastair McEwen

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Italian

MacLehose Press
01 February 2011

Art & Architecture; Philosophy: aesthetics

"Sumptuously illustrated and fascinatingly written - a vast store of wisdom about the nature of beauty itself.

On Beauty is neither a history of art, nor a history of aesthetics, but Umberto Eco draws on both these disciplines to define the ideas of beauty that have informed us from the classical world to modern times. In terms of form and style, On Beauty has been conceived for a vast and diverse readership. Packed with examples from painting, sculpture, architecture, film, photography, the decorative arts and literature, it offers a rich and intelligent panorama of this huge subject.

""Eco is one of the most influential thinkers of our time"" Los Angeles Times

In On Beauty Eco is at his most captivating and eclectic: we read not only of Botticelli and Michelangelo but of how much the fashion of the 1960s owes to ancient Egyptian dress, and how ancient Roman and eighteenth-century hairstyles have much in common. It makes the familiar new, and sheds a brilliant light on the unfamiliar. On Beauty is illustrated in full colour throughout and produced to the highest standards.

Translated from Italian by Alastair McEwen"

By: Umberto Eco
Translated by: Alastair McEwen, Alastair McEwen
Imprint: MacLehose Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 205mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 836g
ISBN: 9780857050205
ISBN 10: 0857050206
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 01 February 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print

Author Website: http://www.umbertoeco.com/en/

Umberto Eco's first novel, The Name of the Rose (1982), was a huge bestseller worldwide. With his subsequent works of fiction, philosophy, literary criticism and semiotics, he has become one of Europe's outstanding thinkers. He is currently President of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Humanistici at the University of Bologna. Alastair McEwen is the translator of Antonio Tabucchi, Sandro Veronesi, Fleur Jaeggy and Alessandro Baricco.

Reviews for On Beauty: A History of a Western Idea

'Over more than 400 pages Eco displays his polymathic qualities, ranging over diverse subjects to produce a comprehensive definition of beauty. Utilising examples of literature, sculpture, painting, photography and film among other areas, Eco asks what beauty is and why it matters so much. The volume is lavishly produced... with exquisite images' Fatchna Kelly and Julian Fleming, Sunday Business Post.