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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
397 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mary Delany was seventy-two years old when she noticed a petal drop from a geranium. In a flash of inspiration, she picked up her scissors and cut out a paper replica of the petal, inventing the art of collage. It was the summer of 1772, in England. During the next ten years she completed nearly a thousand cut-paper botanicals (which she called mosaicks) so accurate that botanists still refer to them. Poet-biographer Molly Peacock uses close-ups of...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 261 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
One of the country's leading literary scholars explores the fascinating question of why some people's creative talents flourish with age while others' fade.
Author
Publisher
Aguilar
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Cuarta edición.
Physical Desc
316 pages ; 24 cm
Language
Español
Description
"El camino del artista nos enseña a crear con mayor libertad a través de la utilización consciente de una serie de herramientas que nos ayudarán a terminar con el bloqueo creativo. Su efecto es similar al yoga y la práctica constante de la escritura diaria -páginas matutinas-, los encuentros con el artista, el juego y una exhaustiva introspección guiada harán que modifiquemos nuestra conciencia y nos abramos a un nuevo horizonte imaginativo....
Author
Publisher
Abram Comicarts
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
141 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Whether you are a creative professional, a student, or a front-porch dreamer, this collection of comics will provide insight into the joys and frustrations of creativity, inspiration, and process"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Black Irish Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First Black Irish Entertainment paperback edition.
Physical Desc
165 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
An examination of the internal obstacles to success and how to identify, defeat and unlock the inner barriers to creativity.
67) Make trouble
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
70 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When John Waters delivered his gleefully subversive advice to the graduates of the Rhode Island School of Design in 2015, the speech went viral, in part because it was so brilliantly on point about making a living as a creative person. From an icon of popular culture, here is inspiring advice for artists, graduates, and anyone seeking happiness and success on their own terms. Now we all can enjoy his sly wisdom in a manifesto that reminds us, no...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 554 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"This is a book about the whirlwind of creativity, the passionate drive to make art born of individuated experience that is both unique and unduplicatable... This singular new book of profiles represents not so much a summation as a culmination of Peter Guralnick's groundbreaking work over the years, covering not only the vast sweep of the American musical landscape but its profound personal impact on the author as well"--Adapted from jacket flap....
Author
Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 279 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
An exploration of the writing life by Francesca Lia Block, offers visceral insights and healing exercises for the writer who creates as a way to process pain and adversity. Block offers guideposts of awareness for writers, such as how to find a muse, channeling agony into art, putting chaos into order, ignoring the inner critic, fostering personal perseverance, and thriving as an artist in a troubled world. The author also addresses the intrinsic...
70) To make
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegan Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A stunning picture book ode to the joys of the creative process and the spirit of collaboration. This lyrical story from Danielle Davis and Mags DeRoma is perfect for fans of Kevin Henkes, Gyo Fujikawa, and Julie Fogliano. To make ... a cake, a garden, a song, you first gather, then make--and wait. To make a story (like this one), you gather, make, wait. To make anything--big or small--it will take some time. You may have to gather more, make more,...
72) Izzy paints
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After Izzy visits an art museum in the big city, he becomes inspired to make his own art.
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A biography that follows the lives of Robert McCloskey, creator of Make Way for Ducklings, and sculptor Nancy Schön, whose famous bronze ducks grace Boston Public Garden"--
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
329 pages, 28 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A visionary story of three generations of artists whose search for meaning and connection transcends the limits of life. How do we relate to--and hold--our family's past? Is it through technology? Through spirit? Art, poetry, music? Or is it through the resonances we look for in ourselves? In Artificial, we meet the Kurzweils, a family of creators who are preserving their history through unusual means. At the center is renowned inventor and futurist...
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