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“History of beauty” by Umberto Eco

“What is beautiful? 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 Umberto 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.”

Extracted from the back cover of the library issue.

See also:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/jan/29/history.highereducation

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Eco

http://www.umbertoeco.com/en/

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If you are interested in seeing or reading this recommendation, you can check its availability in the IIE library catalog.

History of beauty / edited by Umberto Eco; translated by Alastair McEwen. — 2nd. ed. — New York: Rizzoli, 2005. — 438 p.: ill. ; 25cm

Bibliography: p. 431 – 432

ISBN-0 8478-2646-5

N66 .H57 2005

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