Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages
Contributors: Hugh Bredin (Translator)
Edition: 2Rev Ed edition
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: April 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780300093049
Subjects: History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600; Medieval Art; Theory of art; World history: c 500 to C 1500; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE; Esthetics; Art; History - General History; General; Art / General; Aesthetics; History - General
First sentence: 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.
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.