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The infinity of lists

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The infinity of lists
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An edition of Vertigine della lista (2009)

The infinity of lists

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Reflections on how the idea of catalogs has changed over the centuries and how, from one period to another, it has expressed the spirit of the times. Companion to the author's History of beauty and On ugliness.

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Rizzoli
Language
English
Pages
408

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Subjects

Lists in literature, Literature, Catalogs in literature, History and criticism, Eco, umberto, 1932-2016, Philosophy, italian, Aesthetics, Exhibitions, History, Catalogs, Lists, Art, Miscellanea

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Cover of: Die unendliche Liste
Die unendliche Liste
Oct 01, 2011, dtv Verlagsgesellschaft
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Cover of: Vertige de la liste
Vertige de la liste
2009, Flammarion Québec
in French
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Vertigine della lista
2009, Bompiani
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The infinity of lists
2009, Rizzoli
in English
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Vertigine della lista
2009, Bompiani
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Cover of: Infinity of Lists
Infinity of Lists
Jul 17, 2009, Rizzoli
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El vértigo de las listas
Nov 13, 2009, LUMEN
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The infinity of lists
2009, Rizzoli, Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
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Table of Contents

The shield and its form
The list and the catalogue
The visual list
The ineffable
Lists of things
Lists of places
There are lists and lists
Exchanges between list and form
The rhetoric of enumeration
Lists of mirabilia
Collections and treasures
The Wunderkammer
Definition by list of properties versus definition by essence
The Aristotelian telescope
Excess, from Rabelais onwards
Coherent excess
Chaotic enumeration
Mass-media lists
Lists of vertigos
Exchanges between practical and poetic lists
A non-normal list.

Edition Notes

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition The infinity of lists, presented by the Musée du Louvre, Paris, in November 2009 and organized by Umberto Eco"--P. facing t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 406-407) and indexes.

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Dewey Decimal Class
701/.1709
Library of Congress
PN56.L54 E2613 2009

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408 p. :
Number of pages
408

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Open Library
OL24522817M
ISBN 10
0847832961
ISBN 13
9780847832965
LCCN
2009931665
OCLC/WorldCat
316030369

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