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Creation: Artists, Gods & Origins

Hardback

Main Details

Title Creation: Artists, Gods & Origins
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Peter Conrad
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:592
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 169
Category/GenreArt styles not defined by date
ISBN/Barcode 9780500513569
ClassificationsDewey:700.1
Audience
General
Illustrations 161 Illustrations, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication Date 17 September 2007
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Throughout history artists, writers and musicians - 'creative' people - have tried to outdo God or the Gods in the acts of creation. This extraordinarily wide-ranging study traces the different concepts of creation in Western civilization, following the struggle between man and god for the right to create, and even the right to create gods. Along the way it becomes what is in essence a new history of Western civilization, a series of thirty-three chapters brimming with ideas, insights and erudition. It touches upon religion, art and artistry, alchemy, mystical traditions, opera, film, literature, linguistics, psychoanalysis, psychology and physics, among many other things, exploring what it means to create, as well as the popular myths of creation from every conceivable angle. The result is a breathtaking overview of man's uncrushable impulse to create, and his endless rivalry with the gods.

Author Biography

Peter Conrad taught English literature at Christ Church, Oxford, from 1973 to 2011. He has written more than twenty books, including How the World Was Won: The Americanization of Everywhere; Creation: Artists, Gods & Origins; At Home in Australia; and Modern Times, Modern Places: Life and Art in the Twentieth Century, all published by Thames & Hudson.