In the mold of his acclaimed History of Beauty, renowned cultural critic Umberto Eco’s On Ugliness is an exploration of the monstrous and the repellant in visual culture and the arts. What is the voyeuristic impulse behind our attraction to the gruesome and the horrible? Where does the magnetic appeal of the sordid and the scandalous come from? Is ugliness also in the eye of th...
In the mold of his acclaimed History of Beauty, renowned cultural critic Umberto Eco’s On Ugliness is an exploration of the monstrous and the repellant in visual culture and the arts. What is the voyeuristic impulse behind our attraction to the gruesome and the horrible? Where does the magnetic appeal of the sordid and the scandalous come from? Is ugliness also in the eye of the beholder? Eco’s encyclopedic knowledge and captivating storytelling skills combine in this ingenious study of the Ugly, revealing that what we often shield ourselves from and shun in everyday life is what we’re most attracted to subliminally. Topics range from Milton’s Satan to Goethe’s Mephistopheles; from witchcraft and medieval torture tactics to martyrs, hermits, and penitents; from lunar births and disemboweled corpses to mythic monsters and sideshow freaks; and from Decadentism and picturesque ugliness to the tacky, kitsch, and camp, and the aesthetics of excess and vice. With abundant examples of painting and sculpture ranging from ancient Greek amphorae to Bosch, Brueghel, and Goya among others, and with quotations from the most celebrated writers and philosophers of each age, this provocative discussion explores in-depth the concepts of evil, depravity, and darkness in art and literature.
Umberto Eco is a world-renowned writer of fiction, essays, and academic treatises and is undoubtedly one of the finest authors of our time. Among his best-selling novels are The Name of the Rose, Foucault’s Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, and Baudolino.
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0 有用 spicysummer 2017-11-03 02:32:48
集丑恶之大成
0 有用 Jabulous 2023-05-10 22:52:34 江苏
kitsch那一章脑内潜台词：无论富人dressup还是dressdown都是丑，丑的目的还不同
0 有用 树叶的叶 2012-07-02 16:39:21
美丑观念随时代及文化而变化，价值观也一样。比如歌星搁古代就是卖唱的，演员搁以前就是卖笑的，什么琴棋书画唱歌跳舞现在叫才艺，以前只有青楼妓女才学。
1 有用 Esspresso 2018-10-14 22:02:54
蹲在Tate Britain 读完的，有关中译本撕逼得一塌糊涂，无奈看不懂意大利语，读 Alastair McEwen 的英译本也不错，好歹是Umberto Eco 指定的翻译。
0 有用 均均 2021-12-12 05:39:28
比On Beauty更加丝滑顺口，也许因为我们都知道丑是什么，美却难以定义，所以谈到美，总会扯到哲学、神学一堆艰深的理论上去。相比之下，丑就直白多了。个人印象最深的是魔鬼、工业时代、前卫艺术、媚俗、坎普几章，最后结尾回归到悲悯，我仍在尤懂未懂之间回味无穷。
0 有用 Jabulous 2023-05-10 22:52:34 江苏
kitsch那一章脑内潜台词：无论富人dressup还是dressdown都是丑，丑的目的还不同
0 有用 fantasticngc 2022-09-20 03:26:21 美国
都是权力，艹
0 有用 均均 2021-12-12 05:39:28
比On Beauty更加丝滑顺口，也许因为我们都知道丑是什么，美却难以定义，所以谈到美，总会扯到哲学、神学一堆艰深的理论上去。相比之下，丑就直白多了。个人印象最深的是魔鬼、工业时代、前卫艺术、媚俗、坎普几章，最后结尾回归到悲悯，我仍在尤懂未懂之间回味无穷。
0 有用 SemioComm 2021-01-16 23:31:24
结尾很感人，老大爷真是理智又不乏温情的社会主义者
1 有用 Esspresso 2018-10-14 22:02:54
蹲在Tate Britain 读完的，有关中译本撕逼得一塌糊涂，无奈看不懂意大利语，读 Alastair McEwen 的英译本也不错，好歹是Umberto Eco 指定的翻译。