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Creators: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney

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by Paul Johnson
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Availability:In StockContributor:Paul JohnsonSeries:P.S.Publish date:2007-05-01Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780060930462ISBN-10:60930462UPC:9780060930462Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Artists, Architects, Photographers, Literary Figures, Creative AbilitySize:8.23 x 5.12 x 0.82 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SCDNH7R1AM

"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.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780060930462ISBN-10:60930462UPC:9780060930462Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Artists, Architects, Photographers, Literary Figures, Creative AbilitySize:8.23 x 5.12 x 0.82 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SCDNH7R1AM
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Paul Johnson is a historian whose work ranges over the millennia and the whole gamut of human activities. He regularly writes book reviews for several UK magazines and newspapers, such as the Literary Review and The Spectator, and he lectures around the world. He lives in London, England.

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