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Rent Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages
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Format: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: Feb 2002
Genre: History - General
Retail Price: $12.95
Pages: 144
Synopsis
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.