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1986

Format:	Book
Author:	Eco, Umberto.
Title:	Art and beauty in the Middle Ages / Umberto Eco ; translated by Hugh Bredin.
Publisher, Date:	New Haven : Yale University Press, 1986.
Description:	x, 131 pages ; 23 cm
Summary:	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. -- Publisher's website.
Subjects:	Aesthetics, Medieval.
Other Title:	Arte e bellezza nell'estetica medievale. English
Notes:	"Published in 1959 as 'Sviluppo dell'estetica medievale', a single chapter of a four volume handbook on the history of aesthetics, written by various authors"--Preface. Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-129) and index. Translation 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.
Web Site:	Table of contents
LCCN:	86050339
ISBN:	0300036760 9780300036763 0300042078 9780300042078 0300036760
Other Number:	15488935
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Control Number:	14727
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Call Number:	709.02 Eco

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