美的历史
History of Beauty
翁贝托·艾柯 / Umberto Eco
简介 Summary
意大利学者艾柯在这部comprehensive的美学史中，追溯了西方审美观念从古希腊到现代的演变历程。虽然不是专门的基督教著作，但艾柯深入分析了基督教对western aesthetic tradition的profound influence，特别是medieval period中神学美学的发展。他探讨了Augustine、Thomas Aquinas等神学家如何integration了Platonic beauty theories with Christian revelation，以及这种synthesis如何影响了art、architecture和literature的发展。这部作品对understanding faith and beauty的关系具有重要的cultural和theological价值。
Italian scholar Eco traces the evolution of Western aesthetic concepts from ancient Greece to modernity in this comprehensive history of beauty. Though not specifically Christian, Eco deeply analyzes Christianity's profound influence on Western aesthetic tradition, particularly theological aesthetics development in the medieval period. He explores how theologians like Augustine and Thomas Aquinas integrated Platonic beauty theories with Christian revelation, and how this synthesis influenced art, architecture, and literature development. This work has important cultural and theological value for understanding the relationship between faith and beauty.