Old Masters and Young Geniuses
Subtitle: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: November 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780691133805
Subjects: Theory of art; Creative Ability; History - General; Art / History / General; Art and Architecture; Economics; History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; Psychology; Art; Art & Art Instruction
First sentence: In May 1902, already suffering acutely from the illness that would cause his death the following year, Paul Gauguin wrote from the Marquesas Islands to Georges-Daniel de Monfreid, his most loyal friend, "For two months I have been filled with one mortal fear: that I am not the Gauguin I used to be."