Umberto Eco
23) On ugliness
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In a companion volume to his "History of Beauty," the renowned philosopher and cultural critic analyzes our attraction to the gruesome, horrific, and repellant in visual culture and the arts, drawing on abundant examples of painting and sculpture, ranging from antiquity to the works of Bosch, Goya, and others.
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A documentary immersion into all things Eco, Davide Ferrario’s film takes us on a tour of Umberto Eco’s private library, guided by the author himself. Combining new footage with material he shot with Eco in 2015 for a video installation for the Venice Biennale, Ferrario documents this incredible collection and the man who amassed it. As Eco leads us among the more than 50,000 volumes, we also gain insight into the library of the mind of this vastly...
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"La comunicación: De los orígenes a Internet aparece en un escenario de aceleradas trasformaciones de nuestra sociedad. En los diversos capítulos de esta obra, Tecumseh Fitch analiza la evolución biológica del lenguaje y Umberto Eco recorre los cambios ""de Internet a Gutenberg"". Joan Majó describe la evolución de las tecnologías de la comunicación humana hasta la digitalización y la convergencia entre la informática y las telecomunicaciones....
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One monk has fallen from a tower, another is found head-first in a vat of pigs' blood. Visiting Brother Sean Connery, investigating the deaths, discovers a secret library containing rare books considered lost to the world and dangerous to the Catholic faith. He must find the connection between the hidden literature and the killings before innocent people are burned at the stake.