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On the shoulders of giants / Umberto Eco.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eco, Umberto, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Art--Philosophy.
- Art.
- Art--Themes, motives.
- Philosophy.
- Aesthetics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English and Italian.
- Summary:
- On the Shoulders of Giants collects previously unpublished essays from the last fifteen years of Umberto Eco's life. With humor and erudition, one of the great contemporary thinkers takes on the roots of Western culture, the origin of language, the nature of beauty and ugliness, the imperfections of art, and the lure of mysteries.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Publisher's Note
- 1. On the Shoulders of Giants
- 2. Beauty
- 3. Ugliness
- 4. The Absolute and the Relative
- 5. Beautiful Flame
- 6. The Invisible
- 7. Paradoxes and Aphorisms
- 8. Untruths, Lies, Falsifications
- 9. On Some Forms of Imperfection in Art
- 10. Some Revelations on Secrecy
- 11. Conspiracy
- 12. Representations of the Sacred
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- "This book is a translation of Sulle Spalle dei Giganti (c)2017 La Nave di Teseo Editore, Milano, Italy."--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-24227-0
- 0-674-24226-2
- OCLC:
- 1122918025
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