The Creators

A History of Heroes of the Imagination

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Criticism, History, Civilization, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
Cover of the book The Creators by Daniel J. Boorstin, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Daniel J. Boorstin ISBN: 9780307817211
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: April 11, 2012
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Daniel J. Boorstin
ISBN: 9780307817211
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: April 11, 2012
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

By piecing the lives of selected individuals into a grand mosaic, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Daniel J. Boorstin explores the development of artistic innovation over 3,000 years. A hugely ambitious chronicle of the arts that Boorstin delivers with the scope that made his Discoverers a national bestseller.
Even as he tells the stories of such individual creators as Homer, Joyce, Giotto, Picasso, Handel, Wagner, and Virginia Woolf, Boorstin assembles them into a grand mosaic of aesthetic and intellectual invention. In the process he tells us not only how great art (and great architecture and philosophy) is created, but where it comes from and how it has shaped and mirrored societies from Vedic India to the twentieth-century United States.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

By piecing the lives of selected individuals into a grand mosaic, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Daniel J. Boorstin explores the development of artistic innovation over 3,000 years. A hugely ambitious chronicle of the arts that Boorstin delivers with the scope that made his Discoverers a national bestseller.
Even as he tells the stories of such individual creators as Homer, Joyce, Giotto, Picasso, Handel, Wagner, and Virginia Woolf, Boorstin assembles them into a grand mosaic of aesthetic and intellectual invention. In the process he tells us not only how great art (and great architecture and philosophy) is created, but where it comes from and how it has shaped and mirrored societies from Vedic India to the twentieth-century United States.

More books from Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Cover of the book The Magic of Saida by Daniel J. Boorstin
Cover of the book From The Heart by Daniel J. Boorstin
Cover of the book Jaguar of Sweet Laughter by Daniel J. Boorstin
Cover of the book Social and Political Philosophy by Daniel J. Boorstin
Cover of the book Babylon Rolling by Daniel J. Boorstin
Cover of the book Fame & Folly by Daniel J. Boorstin
Cover of the book Angels & Insects by Daniel J. Boorstin
Cover of the book What are the Seven Wonders of the World? by Daniel J. Boorstin
Cover of the book The Names by Daniel J. Boorstin
Cover of the book Saturday by Daniel J. Boorstin
Cover of the book The Rub of Time by Daniel J. Boorstin
Cover of the book One for the Road by Daniel J. Boorstin
Cover of the book Bee Season by Daniel J. Boorstin
Cover of the book Cairo Modern by Daniel J. Boorstin
Cover of the book The English Teacher by Daniel J. Boorstin
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy