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020			_a9781784533557 (pbk.) : _c£16.99
035			_a(StDuBDS)9781784533557
040			_aStDuBDS _beng _cStDuBDS _erda _dUkLoUWL
072		7	_aART _2eflch
072		7	_aART _2ukslc
082	0	4	_a701.1'7 _223
245	0	0	_aUgliness : _bthe non-beautiful in art and theory / _cedited by Andrei Pop and Mechtild Widrich.
264		1	_aLondon : _bI.B. Tauris, _c2015.
300			_a328 pages : _billustrations (black and white) ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aOriginally published: 2014.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_aUgliness is very much alive in the history of art. From ritual invocations of mythic monsters to the scare tactics of the early twentieth-century avant-garde, from the cabinet of curiosities to the identity politics of today, the ugly has been every bit as active as the beautiful, and often much more of a reality. Why then has it been so neglected? This book seeks to remedy this oversight through both broad theoretical reflection and concrete case studies of ugliness in various historical and cultural contexts. The protagonists range from cooks to psychoanalysts, from war prostheses to plates of asparagus, on a world stage stretching from ancient Athens to Singapore today. Drawing across disciplinary and cultural boundaries, the writers illuminate why ugliness, associated over the millenia with negative categories ranging from sin to stupidity, remains central to art and cultural practice.
521			_aSpecialized.
650		0	_aUgliness.
650		0	_aArt _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aAesthetics.
650		7	_aArt and Design. _2eflch
650		7	_aArt and Design. _2ukslc
700	1		_aPop, Andrei, _eeditor.
700	1		_aWidrich, Mechtild, _eeditor.
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