02424nam 22005774a 450 991045070860332120200520144314.00-415-97992-71-280-15818-20-203-49668-X(CKB)1000000000253729(EBL)182923(OCoLC)437056163(SSID)ssj0000246473(PQKBManifestationID)11234664(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246473(PQKBWorkID)10189855(PQKB)10660666(MiAaPQ)EBC182923(Au-PeEL)EBL182923(CaPaEBR)ebr10162686(CaONFJC)MIL15818(EXLCZ)99100000000025372920040130d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSix names of beauty[electronic resource] /Crispin SartwellNew York Routledge20041 online resource (130 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-86132-2 0-415-96558-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-157) and index.Beauty (English), the object of longing -- Yapha (Hebrew), glow, bloom -- Sundara (Sanskrit), holiness -- To Kalon (Greek), idea, ideal -- Wabi-Sabi (Japanese), humility, imperfection -- Hozho (Navajo), health, harmony.Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but it's also in the language we use and everywhere in the world around us. In this elegant, witty, and ultimately profound meditation on what is beautiful, Sartwell begins with six words from six different cultures - ancient Greek's 'to kalon', the Japanese idea of 'wabi-sabi', Hebrew's 'yapha', the Navajo concept 'hozho', Sanskrit 'sundara', and our own English-language 'beauty'. Each word becomes a door onto another way of thinking about, and looking at, what is beautiful in the world, and in our lives. The earthy and the exalted, the imperAesthetics, ComparativeElectronic books.Aesthetics, Comparative.111/.8508.41bclSartwell Crispin1958-593873MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450708603321Six names of beauty17453UNINA