Aux origines de l’esthétiqueLe goût de la laideur au seuil de la modernité
Publication type: Book
Author:Robin (Diane)
Abstract: Despised since ancient times, ugliness gains unprecedented appeal among early modern writers and painters. Subverting all norms, they value the beauty of deformity and, by extolling the paradoxical pleasure of mimesis, they helped create a new subjectivity.