Mario Costa (philosopher)

Mario Costa
Costa in 2003
Born	(1936-12-07)7 December 1936 Torre del Greco, Italy
Died	26 August 2023(2023-08-26) (aged 86)
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
Main interests	Art, aesthetics, technology
Notable ideas	"Technological Sublime" "Aesthetics of Flux"

Mario Costa (7 December 1936 – 26 August 2023) was an Italian philosopher. He was known for his studies of the consequences of new technology in art and aesthetics, which introduced a new theoretical perspective through concepts such as the "communication aesthetics", the "technological sublime", the "communication block", and the "aesthetics of flux".