Catholic Reading Plan

Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages

Umberto Eco

Eco surveys medieval thinking about art and beauty, offering context for the visual and intellectual culture of the period.

Philosophy

Original date: Not yet verified

Reading level: Intermediate

Reading guides

Source notes & edition details

Bishop Robert Barron
Named in the published reading list; editions may differ.

Explore the themes

art beauty aesthetics

Original catalog editions

Yale University Press (2002), Edition: 2nd, 144 pages
Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages