Creators

<p><strong>Johnson emphasizes the rarity of truly visionary artists . . . his approach is unfailingly generous. . . . Genuinely revealing. --<em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong></p><p><strong>From celebrated journalist and historian Paul Johnson an enlightening look at the imagination and drive of visionaries who have changed our world.</strong></p><p>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<em> </em>his<em> New York Times </em>bestseller<em> Intellectuals</em> 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.</p>