Author: Umberto Eco Publisher: La Nave di Teseo Editore spa ISBN: 8893440296 Category : Philosophy Languages : it Pages : 125
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Tutte le culture hanno un’idea del bello e dell’arte, ma non tutte la elaborano in forma teorica consapevole ed esplicita. Il Medioevo – dopo secoli in cui è stato trattato solo come periodo buio e barbaro – è stato riscoperto come un’epoca ricca di riflessioni sulla bellezza, sul piacere estetico, sul gusto, sul bello naturale e artistico, sui rapporti tra l’arte e le altre attività umane. Questo volume racconta, in modo accessibile anche al lettore non specialista, le tappe di un dibattito che presenta aspetti drammatici e avvincenti. Ripercorrendo le riflessioni medievali sul bello, la misura, la proporzione, l’armonia, Eco ci permette di capire meglio la mentalità, il gusto, gli umori dell’uomo medievale – il filosofo, il religioso, ma anche il contadino comune, il fedele analfabeta, l’uomo della strada, che proprio attraverso il Bello arrivava a Dio.
Author: Umberto Eco Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 9780300093049 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 160
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In this authoritative, lively book, the celebrated Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco presents a learned summary of medieval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of medieval culture. "[A] delightful study. . . . [Eco's] remarkably lucid and readable essay is full of contemporary relevance and informed by the energies of a man in love with his subject." --Robert Taylor, Boston Globe "The book lays out so many exciting ideas and interesting facts that readers will find it gripping." --Washington Post Book World "A lively introduction to the subject." --Michael Camille, The Burlington Magazine "If you want to become acquainted with medieval aesthetics, you will not find a more scrupulously researched, better written (or better translated), intelligent and illuminating introduction than Eco's short volume." --D. C. Barrett, Art Monthly
Author: Umberto Eco Publisher: ISBN: 9788426421555 Category : Art Languages : es Pages : 0
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Una compilación de las teorías estéticas elaboradas por la cultura del Medioevo, desde el siglo VI hasta el XV de nuestra era. El concepto de «estética» nace en Europa en el siglo XVII y, por lo tanto, muchas historias de la estética tomaron en escasa consideración las teorías de la belleza y del arte elaboradas antes de estas fechas. Ahora bien, desde hace muchos años la actitud de los historiadores ha cambiado y la Edad Media se ha valorizado como una época rica en especulaciones fascinantes sobre la belleza, el placer estético, el gusto, la belleza natural y la artificial, las relaciones entre el arte y las demás actividades humanas. En este compendio de las teorías estéticas elaboradas por la cultura del Medioevo, desde el siglo VI hasta el XV de nuestra era, Eco reconoce, de forma accesible para el lector no especializado, las etapas de un debate que presenta aspectos dramáticos y apasionantes, y nos permite entender mejor la mentalidad y el gusto artístico del hombre medieval.
Author: Albrecht Classen Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG ISBN: 3111190226 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 652
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Although it is fashionable among modernists to claim that globalism emerged only since ca. 1800, the opposite can well be documented through careful comparative and transdisciplinary studies, as this volume demonstrates, offering a wide range of innovative perspectives on often neglected literary, philosophical, historical, or medical documents. Texts, images, ideas, knowledge, and objects migrated throughout the world already in the pre-modern world, even if the quantitative level compared to the modern world might have been different. In fact, by means of translations and trade, for instance, global connections were established and maintained over the centuries. Archetypal motifs developed in many literatures indicate how much pre-modern people actually shared. But we also discover hard-core facts of global economic exchange, import of exotic medicine, and, on another level, intensive intellectual debates on religious issues. Literary evidence serves best to expose the extent to which contacts with people in foreign countries were imaginable, often desirable, and at times feared, of course. The pre-modern world was much more on the move and reached out to distant lands out of curiosity, economic interests, and political and military concerns. Diplomats crisscrossed the continents, and artists, poets, and craftsmen traveled widely. We can identify, for instance, both the Vikings and the Arabs as global players long before the rise of modern globalism, so this volume promises to rewrite many of our traditional notions about pre-modern worldviews, economic conditions, and the literary sharing on a global level, as perhaps best expressed by the genre of the fable.
Author: Arnold Groh Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317211324 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 336
Book Description
This authoritative but concise guide describes the most significant cultural theories from the 19th to the 21st century and their originators, as well as the links between them and their mutual influences. This guide explores ideas around what culture is, when and why cultures change over time and whether there are any rules or principles behind culture-related phenomena and processes. For those seeking to answer questions on culture, familiarity with these topics is essential. From refugee movements caused by wars, to the ongoing demographical changes in regions of the world like sub-Saharan Africa or the Indian subcontinent, understanding the underlying mechanisms of culture-related processes has become an immediate and essential task. Covering everything from the processes of cultural change to counterculture and destabilisation, the book explains different ideas in a clear and objective fashion and includes approaches that have been unduly neglected but which have high explanatory value regarding culture and its phenomena. Providing readers with an up-to-date idea of what culture is, and how our understanding of it has been established over the past century, this text is the perfect companion for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers.
Author: Giuseppe Civitarese Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351709283 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 311
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This book examines the importance and continued relevance of A Memoir of the Future in understanding and applying Bion’s work to contemporary psychoanalysis. Bion continued to innovate throughout his life, but the Memoir has been largely overlooked. Focusing on A Memoir of the Future is not only of deep interest in terms of the author’s biography, or even only in function of a better understanding of his theoretical concepts, but can also be considered, for all intents and purposes, the final chapter of an ingenious creative enterprise While by some it was thought as the evidence of Bion’s presumed senility, this book challenges that perspective, arguing that it represents the last challenge he issued to the psychoanalytic Establishment. In each chapter, the authors explore this notion that A Memoir forms an essential part of Bion’s theory, and that in it he establishes a new ‘aesthetic’ psychoanalytic paradigm. With an international list of distinguished authors, this is a key book for any analysts interested in a comprehensive understanding of Bion’s work.
Author: Thomas Claviez Publisher: Vernon Press ISBN: 1622738640 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 329
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The volume provides a critical assessment of the concept of authenticity and gauges its role, significance and shortcomings in a variety of disciplinary contexts. Many of the contributions communicate with each other and thus acknowledge the enormous significance of this politically, morally, philosophically and economically-charged concept that at the same time harbors dangerous implications and has been critically deconstructed. The volume shows that the alleged need or desire for authenticity is alive and kicking but oftentimes comes at a high price, connected to a culture of experts, authority and exclusionary strategies.
Author: Ingrid Rossellini Publisher: Doubleday ISBN: 0385541899 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 445
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A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018 A lively and timely introduction to the roots of self-understanding--who we are and how we should act--in the cultures of ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and Middle Ages and the Renaissance "Know thyself"--this fundamental imperative appeared for the first time in ancient Greece, specifically in Delphi, the temple of the god Apollo, who represented the enlightened power of reason. For the Greeks, self-knowledge and identity were the basics of their civilization and their sources were to be found in where one was born and into which social group. These determined who you were and what your duties were. In this book the independent scholar Ingrid Rossellini surveys the major ideas that, from Greek and Roman antiquity through the Christian medieval era up to the dawn of modernity in the Renaissance, have guided the Western project of self-knowledge. Addressing the curious lay reader with an interdisciplinary approach that includes numerous references to the visual arts, Know Thyself will reintroduce readers to the most profound and enduring ways our civilization has framed the issues of self and society, in the process helping us rediscover the very building blocks of our personality.
Author: Umberto Eco
Author: Umberto Eco
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Author: Umberto Eco
Author: Umberto Eco
Author: Albrecht Classen
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Author: Giuseppe Civitarese
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Author: Ingrid Rossellini