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On Ugliness
2007 book written by Umberto Eco
On Ugliness (Italian: Storia della bruttezza) is a 2007 essay edited by Italian author Umberto Eco, originally published by Bompiani in 2007.
The book is a continuation of Eco's 2004 aesthetic work On Beauty: A History of a Western Idea.[1] Like the previous work, this essay combines literary excerpts and illustrations of artworks from ancient times to the present to define the concept of what it means to be ugly.[2] "Ugliness is more fun than beauty", said Eco himself and some other reviews.[3][4][5]
Synopsis
Eco begins with an introduction trying to define the idea of ugliness, to verify that it is a polysemic concept, and that is associated with emotional expressions such as rejection or disgust which impede a rational approach.
The first chapter approaches the Greek conception of beauty, trying to discern by opposition what is ugly, and ugliness is associated with the