{"product_id":"creators-from-chaucer-and-durer-to-picasso-and-disney-isbn-9780060930462","title":"Creators: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Johnson emphasizes the rarity of truly visionary artists . . . his approach is unfailingly generous. . . . Genuinely revealing.” —\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom celebrated journalist and historian Paul Johnson, an enlightening look at the imagination and drive of visionaries who have changed our world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul 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\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ehis\u003cem\u003e New York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller\u003cem\u003e, Intellectuals\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eKingsley Amis described Paul Johnson's \u003cem\u003eIntellectuals\u003c\/em\u003e as “a valuable and entertaining Rogues' Gallery of \u003cem\u003eAdventures of the Mind\u003c\/em\u003e.” Now the celebrated journalist and historian offers \u003cem\u003eCreators\u003c\/em\u003e, a companion volume of essays that examines a host of outstanding and prolific creative spirits. Here are Disney, Picasso, Bach, and Shakespeare; Austen, Twain, and T. S. Eliot; and Dürer, Hokusai, Pugin, and Viollet-le-Duc, among many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Johnson believes that creation cannot be satisfactorily analyzed, but it can be illustrated to bring out its salient characteristics. That is the purpose of this instructive and witty book.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Creators is a splendidly idiosyncratic book, brooking no compromise and bristling with opinions.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDominic Sandbrook, Evening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Undaunted by big subjects, undeterred by tough questions, unmuddled by vast quantities of material, unafraid of academic hostility, he can make a coherent story out of the most sprawling subject. He writes of a past which is always relevant.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887376560357,"sku":"NP9780060930462","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060930462.jpg?v=1730226000","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/creators-from-chaucer-and-durer-to-picasso-and-disney-isbn-9780060930462","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}