Art and beauty in the Middle Ages
By: Umberto Eco ; translated by Hugh Bredin.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng; ita
Number of pages: 131
Subjects: Aesthetics, Medieval.
Description: 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.
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"--Pref.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [120]-129.