Ugly: The Aesthetics of Everything

by Stephen Bayley

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1468307169
• ISBN13: 9781468307160
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Overlook Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.5" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher