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Johnson Paul - Creators From Chaucer And Durer To Picasso And Disney - Paperback
Johnson Paul - Creators From Chaucer And Durer To Picasso And Disney - Paperback
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Description: 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 D rer 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.
Title: Creators From Chaucer And Durer To Picasso And Disney
Author(s): Johnson Paul
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780060930462
Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 5/1/2007
Description: 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 D rer 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.
Title: Creators From Chaucer And Durer To Picasso And Disney
Author(s): Johnson Paul
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780060930462
Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 5/1/2007