Creators: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney (P.S.)
by Paul Johnson
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Read in May, 2007
Paul Johnson is definitely Old School. He takes the kind of Eurocentric position in praising his chosen list of the greatest creative geniuses of all time (n.b. Jane Austen is the only woman to make the list and all are European or American) that academics of the current generation chomp at the bit to pick apart and ridicule. That said, it was nice reading little snippets about such diverse "creators," from Chaucer to Walt Disney.
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Read in June, 2008
Only 50 pages into it... but already have amassed a ridiculous stockpile of dinner-party-trivia. His writing style is a bit disappointing, I'll be frank. Is it really so scholarly to insist that everyone/everything is 'undoubtedly the best that ever was' or 'without question the most gifted pioneer the world has ever produced?'
A bit much, sir. But well-researched.
A bit much, sir. But well-researched.
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I'm taking this one in chapters, mostly at random. I haven't gotten them all yet, but I like the essays. The Picasso one was incredibly revealing-- I don't feel bad for hating his "art" anymore! Nor do I feel sheepish about loving some of Disney's classics, especially Mary Poppins.
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Read in May, 2008
I love this guy and want to own a complete set of his works. If you think history and biography are boring then I suggest you give him a try.
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I learned to appreciate creative minds in many forms. Great history.
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