History of BeautyUmberto Eco "What is beauty? What is art? What is taste and fashion? Is beauty something to be observed coolly and rationally or is it something dangerously involving?" So begins Eco's intriguing journey into the aesthetics of beauty, in which he explores the ever-changing concept of the beautiful from the ancient Greeks to today. |
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Introduction | 8 |
1 The Chorus of the Muses | 37 |
1 The Gods of Delphi | 53 |
Copyright | |
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