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Beautiful Ugliness

Christianity, Modernity, and the Arts

2023 INDIES Finalist
Finalist, Art (Adult Nonfiction)

Mark William Roche
University of Notre Dame Press (Oct 15, 2023)
Hardcover $60.00 (520pp)
978-0-268-20701-4

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Many great artworks include elements of ugliness: repugnant content, disproportionate forms, unresolved dissonance, and unintegrated parts. Mark William Roche’s authoritative monograph "Beautiful Ugliness: Christianity, Modernity, and the Arts" challenges current practices of the dominant aesthetic schools by exploring the role of ugliness in art and literature.