On Ugliness -

Book review: "On Ugliness" by Umberto Eco - Patrick T. Reardon

: Eco suggests that while we can observe beauty dispassionately, ugliness forces an immediate, visceral emotional response—typically disgust, fear, or repulsion . On Ugliness

Eco argues that while beauty is often defined by a set of harmonious rules (symmetry, proportion, light), . The book serves as a companion to his previous work, On Beauty , and functions as an encyclopedic taxonomy of the grotesque through art and literature. Book review: "On Ugliness" by Umberto Eco - Patrick T

: In Christian art, the suffering and lacerated body of Christ was depicted with gruesome detail to emphasize divinity through agony, transforming physical ugliness into a metaphysical grace . Key Themes in the Taxonomy ugliness forces an immediate