History of beauty Books ;Scientific and popular title: History of beauty . Author: Umberto Eco. Publisher: WORD/SLOVOISBN: 978-5-387-00068-3. Year of publication: 2008. Pages: 440. Language: Russian. Format: fb2. Size: 3. 36 Mb. The book is devoted to a question that has always worried artists, philosophers, scientists, poets: what is beauty? In different epochs, different concepts of beauty contradicted each other in different ways, and sometimes within the same culture. The reader will learn how over the centuries the attitude of man to the beauty of nature, the female and male body, numbers, stars, precious stones, clothes, God and the Devil has changed. Author's reflections are supplemented by statements of famous philosophers, poets, writers . The book is illustrated by examples from painting, architecture, sculpture, as well as film, television and even advertising. This book will not leave indifferent fans of Umberto Eco, as well as those who are interested in art. 68