To Italian writer Umberto Eco, “the list is the origin of culture”, making “infinity comprehensible”. Lists, like Michelangelo’s 16th-Century grocery list, Mark E. Smith’s list of his most-loved books, Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit and Eco’s own 14 common features of the eternal fascist, lists are our “attempt to grasp the incomprehensible”. In the book … Continue reading "Illustrated Lists of Great Writers and Artists"