Aesthetic of Ugliness explained

Aesthetic of Ugliness (Aesthetik des Hässlichen) is a book by German philosopher Karl Rosenkranz, written in 1853. It is among the earliest writings on the philosophy of ugliness and "draws an analogy between ugliness and moral evil".^[1]

IntroductionSection 1: FormlessnessSection 2: IncorrectnessSection 3: Deformation or DisfigurationConclusion

References

Karl Rosenkranz, Aesthetics of Ugliness. A Critical Edition. Translated by Andrei Pop and Mechtild Widrich. Bloomsbury, 2015.^[2]

Notes and References

1. [Umberto Eco|Eco, Umberto]
2. Web site: Aesthetics of Ugliness: A Critical Edition: Karl Rosenkranz: Bloomsbury Academic . www.bloomsbury.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160313091637/http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/aesthetics-of-ugliness-9781472568861/ . 2016-03-13.