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" Creators : "
Paul Johnson.
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BL
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996057
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b750427
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| Main Entry
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Johnson, Paul,1928-
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Creators : : from Chaucer and Dürer to Picasso and Disney /\ Paul Johnson.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: HarperCollins Publishers,, ©2006.
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310 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0060191430
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: 9780060191436
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-300) and index.
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| Contents
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The anatomy of creative courage -- Chaucer : the man in the fourteenth-century street -- Dürer : a strong smell of printer's ink -- Shakespeare : glimpses of an unknown colossus -- J.S. Bach : the genetics of the organ loft -- Turner and Hokusai : apocalypse now and then -- Jane Austen : shall we join the ladies? -- A.W.N. Pugin and Viollet-le-Duc : Goths for all seasons -- Victor Hugo : the genius without a brain -- Mark Twain : how to tell a joke -- Tiffany : through a glass darkly -- T.S. Eliot : the last poet to wear spats -- Balenciaga and Dior : the aesthetics of a buttonhole -- Picasso and Walt Disney : room for nature in a modern world? -- Metaphors in a laboratory.
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| Abstract
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Addresses the creative side of genius in a series of portraits of men and women and explores the influence of their work on their lives and on the development of art, literature, fashion, music, and other creative fields in the Western world.
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Artists, Biography.
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Arts-- History.
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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Art-- Travail en équipe.
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Artistes, Biographies.
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Arts-- Histoire.
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Création collective (Théâtre)
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Artists, Biography.
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Artists.
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Arts-- History.
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Arts-- History.
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Arts.
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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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zArtists, Biography.
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| Dewey Classification
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700/.92/2B
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| LC Classification
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NX160.J64 2006
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J03clc
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