On Ugliness

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.

出版者:Rizzoli

作者:[意] 翁贝托·埃科

页数:456

译者:Alastair McEwen

出版时间:2007-10

价格:GBP 34.30

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780847829866

图书标签:艺术美学艾柯UmbertoEco艺术史文化哲学新文化史

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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.

读后感

美是有情人眼里的西施——必提福（beautiful），丑是无情人眼里的东施——阿哥累（ugly）。本来，妍媸百态，燕瘦环肥，各有所爱，但是立场、偏好、经验、所有权和文化环境，决定了人们对于美丑高下的主观性划分标准。伏尔泰在《哲学辞典》里说，“问蛤蟆什么是美，什么是真正...  

一种情色与哲学的结合。 普通人生儿育女，而培养高贵精神的人则生产了美与智慧。 后世幻想那是美善的时代，其实从但丁直到现代，都受这些恐怖情绪的影响。 圣奥古斯丁：我们在论述时选择方便的节骨眼上沉默，使这些沉默像标点一般突出我们的论点。...  

美是有情人眼里的西施——必提福（beautiful），丑是无情人眼里的东施——阿哥累（ugly）。本来，妍媸百态，燕瘦环肥，各有所爱，但是立场、偏好、经验、所有权和文化环境，决定了人们对于美丑高下的主观性划分标准。伏尔泰在《哲学辞典》里说，“问蛤蟆什么是美，什么是真正的...  

用户评价

downside: 材料和分析仅限于西方世界

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。

集丑恶之大成

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。

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。