内容简介
Nowinpaperback,UmbertoEco'sgroundbreakingandmuchacclaimedfirstillustratedbookhasbeenacriticalsuccesssinceitsfirstpublicationin2004.Whatisbeauty?UmbertoEco,amongItaly'sfinestandmostimportantcontemporarythinkers,exploresthenature,themeaning,andtheveryhistoryoftheideaofbeautyinWesternculture.Theprofoundandsubtletextislavishlyillustratedwithabundantexamplesofsublimepaintingandsculptureandlengthyquotationsfromwritersandphilosophers.Thisisthefirstpaperbackeditionof"HistoryofBeauty,"makingthisintellectualandphilosophicaljourneywithoneoftheworld'smostacclaimedthinkersavailableinamorecompactandaffordableformat.