On the Shoulders of Giants: The Milan Lectures

On the Shoulders of Giants: The Milan Lectures
ISBN-10
1787301451
ISBN-13
9781787301450
Series
On the Shoulders of Giants
Category
Religion
Language
English
Published
2019-11-26
Publisher
National Geographic Books
Author
Umberto Eco

Description

The final collection from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, on the subjects of art and culture. In this collection of essays we find Umberto Eco’s perennial areas of interest explored in a lively and engaging style, accompanied by beautiful reproductions of the art he discusses. In these wide-ranging pieces he explores the roots of our civilization, changing ideas of beauty, our obsession with conspiracies and the emblematic heroes of the great narrative, amongst other fascinating topics. Umberto Eco was one of the most influential, and entertaining, intellectuals of the last century, as well as being a critically acclaimed and bestselling writer of both fiction and non-fiction.

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