"Johnson emphasizes the rarity of truly visionary artists . . . his approach is unfailingly generous. . . . Genuinely revealing." --Publishers Weekly
From celebrated journalist and historian Paul Johnson, an enlightening look at the imagination and drive of visionaries who have changed our world.
Paul Johnson believes that creation is a mysterious business which cannot be satisfactorily analyzed. But it can be illustrated in such a way as to bring out its salient characteristics. In this companion to his New York Times bestseller, Intellectuals, he profiles outstanding and prolific creative spirits from a variety of artistic pursuits.
Here are essays on such giants as Chaucer and Shakespeare, Mark Twain and T. S. Eliot, Jane Austen and George Eliot; artists such as Dürer, Turner, and the contemporary Japanese master Hokusai; architects Pugin and Viollet-le-Duc; Johann Sebastian Bach; Louis Comfort Tiffany; clothing designers Balenciaga and Dior; and masters of the 20th century, Picasso and Disney.
| ISBN: | 9780060930462 |
| Publication date: | 1st May 2007 |
| Author: | Paul Johnson |
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography: arts and entertainment The arts: general topics Individual artists, art monographs Individual photographers Individual architects and architectural firms Theatre studies Music Music reviews and criticism History of music Gender studies: women and girls General and world history Social and cultural history Philosophy of mathematics History of mathematics Philosophy and Religion |
"Johnson emphasizes the rarity of truly visionary artists . . . his approach is unfailingly generous. . . . Genuinely revealing." --Publishers WeeklyFrom celebrated journalist and historian Paul Johnson, an enlightening look at the imagination and drive of visionaries who have changed our world.Paul Johnson believes that creation is a mysterious business which cannot be satisfactorily analyzed.
Creators features in the following genres: Biography: arts and entertainment, The arts: general topics, Individual artists, art monographs, Individual photographers, Individual architects and architectural firms, Theatre studies, Music, Music reviews and criticism, History of music, Gender studies: women and girls, General and world history, Social and cultural history, Philosophy of mathematics, History of mathematics, Philosophy and Religion
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Creators was written by Paul Johnson and published by Harper Perennial an imprint of HarperCollins
Creators has 336 pages