Ugly: The Aesthetics of Everything
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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 expression of nature, when only two hundred years ago they were regarded as loathsome things to be avoided at all costs? Just what is the relation, if any, between tattoos and crime? And lastly, if there were no ugliness in the world, would there be any beauty? Stephen Bayley, in his singular and at times tongue-in-cheek style, questions and explains the aesthetics of everything.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1468307169
ISBN13:9781468307160
Release Date:October 2013
Publisher:Overlook Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:2.70 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 7.5" x 9.5"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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