A classic of Modernity

Published in 1964 in Italy and translated into French in 1969, the book itself undergoes the fate he assigned to criticism in general: it dates. But it ages well, like a good wine.
The definition of Baudelaire: "Beauty is made of a timeless element invariable, whose quantity is extremely difficult to determine, and of a component relative, circumstantial, which will, if one wants, alternately or together, the time, the fashion, morality, passion "(quoted in the book of Vigello, among many other landmarks) historian forget the first part and brilliantly seeks to demonstrate that the Taste of judgment is inseparable from the time when it is issued ..
In 300 pages, with innumerable examples demonstrating a huge erudition, Vigello traverses all of Western civilization, not just the fine arts, the Antquité the twentieth century. But now this is the twenty-first, post-modern, not daring to speak of beauty or even taste, terrified of appearing reactionary ..
I hope this book prominently in basic bibliographies countless "art school" of all kinds ..