{"product_id":"books-creators-by-paul-johnson","title":"Creators","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Johnson emphasizes the rarity of truly visionary artists . . . his approach is unfailingly generous. . . . Genuinely revealing.\" --Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom celebrated journalist and historian Paul Johnson, an enlightening look at the imagination and drive of visionaries who have changed our world.\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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53673075474705,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780060930462.jpg?v=1781522905","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-creators-by-paul-johnson","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}