Reflecting on the enormous trove of human achievements at the Louvre, bestselling author and philosopher Eco embarks on an investigation of the phenomenon of cataloging and collecting. From medieval reliquaries to Andy Warhol's compulsive collecting, Eco shows how such catalogues mirror the spirit of their times.
Author Bio
Umberto Eco
Eco was educated at the University of Turin, where he wrote his thesis on Thomas Aquinas. He is both a best-selling novelist and a widely respected semiotician. His acclaimed (and best-selling) novel THE NAME OF THE ROSE contains playful semiotic elements; he says he began writing it because he "felt like poisoning a monk." It was made into a well-received movie in 1986. Eco has also been cultural editor for an Italian media magazine and a lecturer at various universities in Europe and America.
