The Creators1992
by Daniel J. Boorstin
In this engrossing companion to his bestselling The Discoverers, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Daniel J. Boorstin brings to life more than three thousand years of achievement in the arts. The Discoverers, which has been translated into twenty languages, gave us an epic of the quest to understand the world, from the heavens to the human heart. Now Boorstin puts flesh on the great figures who have created our cultural heritage, from the pyramid builders to Picasso, enriching our world with architecture, painting, sculpture, music, drama, dance, and literature. This is a surprising story from the very beginning. The ancient Hindus and the Buddhists were untroubled by the mystery of Creation. So, too, the Chinese saw history as a series of cycles without beginning or end. And Islam found...