Ugly: The Aesthetics of Everything by Stephen Bayley

Ugly: The Aesthetics of Everything

Stephen Bayley

272 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction art history philosophy informative slow-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

Is ugliness only skin-deep, or can something that is beautifully engineered--a B52 bomber or a Colt .45--also be ugly, if its function is to kill or to maim? What was "Degenerate Art" and why was it deemed such? Why are mountains seen as sublime e...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...