The Creators: A History Of Heroes Of The Imagination
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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From the painted caves of Lascaux to the concert halls of Mozart's Vienna, The Creators presents one of the most breathtaking surveys of human artistic achievement ever committed to the page — a sweeping, magisterial chronicle of the men and women whose imaginations shaped the very fabric of civilization. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Daniel J. Boorstin charts an epic journey through the history of art, literature, music, and architecture, introducing readers to the visionaries — Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Rembrandt, Beethoven — who dared to impose their inner worlds upon reality, transforming it irrevocably in the process. Boorstin's prose carries the authority of deep scholarship while remaining luminously accessible, weaving biography, cultural history, and philosophical inquiry into a single, grand narrative. As the second volume in his celebrated trilogy — following The Discoverers and preceding The Seekers — this work argues that creativity is not merely an aesthetic act but a profoundly human one, a perpetual act of defiance against the void. Boorstin illustrates how each age's great creators did not simply reflect their world, but actively reimagined it — and the haunting question he leaves the reader with is this: who among us will be the creators of tomorrow?
Author: Daniel J. Boorstin
Format: Paperback
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the painted caves of Lascaux to the concert halls of Mozart's Vienna, The Creators presents one of the most breathtaking surveys of human artistic achievement ever committed to the page — a sweeping, magisterial chronicle of the men and women whose imaginations shaped the very fabric of civilization. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Daniel J. Boorstin charts an epic journey through the history of art, literature, music, and architecture, introducing readers to the visionaries — Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Rembrandt, Beethoven — who dared to impose their inner worlds upon reality, transforming it irrevocably in the process. Boorstin's prose carries the authority of deep scholarship while remaining luminously accessible, weaving biography, cultural history, and philosophical inquiry into a single, grand narrative. As the second volume in his celebrated trilogy — following The Discoverers and preceding The Seekers — this work argues that creativity is not merely an aesthetic act but a profoundly human one, a perpetual act of defiance against the void. Boorstin illustrates how each age's great creators did not simply reflect their world, but actively reimagined it — and the haunting question he leaves the reader with is this: who among us will be the creators of tomorrow?