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Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton University Press, Date: 2006. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book and jacket are in very good condition, little shelf rubbing apparent. Text inside appears clean and clear throughout. 'When in their lives do great artists produce their greatest art? Do they strive for creative perfection throughout decades of painstaking and frustrating experimentation, or do they achieve it confidently and decisively, through meticulous planning that yields masterpieces early in their lives? By examining the careers not only of great painters but also of important sculptors, poets, novelists, and movie directors, Old Masters and Young Geniuses offers a profound new understanding of artistic creativity. Using a wide range of evidence, David Galenson demonstrates that there are two fundamentally different approaches to innovation, and that each is associated with a distinct pattern of discovery over a lifetime. Experimental innovators work by trial and error, and arrive at their major contributions gradually, late in life. In contrast, conceptual innovators make sudden breakthroughs by formulating new ideas, usually at an early age. Galenson shows why such artists as Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Cézanne, Jackson Pollock, Virginia Woolf, Robert Frost, and Alfred Hitchcock were experimental old masters, and why Vermeer, van Gogh, Picasso, Herman Melville, James Joyce, Sylvia Plath, and Orson Welles were conceptual ...
ISBN10: 0691121095, ISBN13: 9780691121093, [publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA] Hardcover The book and jacket are in very good condition, little shelf rubbing apparent. Text inside appears clean and clear throughout. 'When in their lives do great artists produce their greatest art? Do they strive for creative perfection throughout decades of painstaking and frustrating experimentation, or do they achieve it confidently and decisively, through meticulous planning that yields masterpieces early in their lives? By examining the careers not only of great painters but also of important sculptors, poets, novelists, and movie directors, Old Masters and Young Geniuses offers a profound new understanding of artistic creativity. Using a wide range of evidence, David Galenson demonstrates that there are two fundamentally different approaches to innovation, and that each is associated with a distinct pattern of discovery over a lifetime. Experimental innovators work by trial and error, and arrive at their major contributions gradually, late in life. In contrast, conceptual innovators make sudden breakthroughs by formulating new ideas, usually at an early age. Galenson shows why such artists as Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Cézanne, Jackson Pollock, Virginia Woolf, Robert Frost, and Alfred Hitchcock were experimental old masters, and why Vermeer, van Gogh, Picasso, Herman Melville, James Joyce, Sylvia Plath, and Orson Welles were conceptual young geniuses. ...
Princeton University Press, Date: 2006-01-16. Hardcover. Like New. 6x1x9. Hardcover with jacket. New book showing minor shelfwear. Never read, pages are unmarked. 2006. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691121095 9780691121093 [US]
ISBN10: 0691121095, ISBN13: 9780691121093, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover Hardcover with jacket. New book showing minor shelfwear. Never read, pages are unmarked. [Rochester, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 0691121095, ISBN13: 9780691121093, [publisher: Princeton University Press, New Jersey] Hardcover First Edition First edition. 233pp. Pen underlining and marginalia on a few pages, else very good in fine dust jacket. [Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 0691121095, ISBN13: 9780691121093, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover First Edition Packed in a BOX with cardboard backing and padding. (See Photos!) Pages: not written on, clean, bright, odor free. Dust Jacket: clean, bright, bumping to edges, crease at bottom corner of front inner flap and across back top near edge. Same or next day shipping (weekdays and Saturdays)! Ships from California. ABOUT THIS: When in their lives do great artists produce their greatest art? Do they strive for creative perfection throughout decades of painstaking and frustrating experimentation, or do they achieve it confidently and decisively, through meticulous planning that yields masterpieces early in their lives? By examining the careers not only of great painters but also of important sculptors, poets, novelists, and movie directors, Old Masters and Young Geniuses offers a profound new understanding of artistic creativity. Using a wide range of evidence, David Galenson demonstrates that there are two fundamentally different approaches to innovation, and that each is associated with a distinct pattern of discovery over a lifetime. Experimental innovators work by trial and error, and arrive at their major contributions gradually, late in life. In contrast, conceptual innovators make sudden breakthroughs by formulating new ideas, usually at an early age. Galenson shows why such artists as Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Cézanne, Jackson Pollock, Virginia Woolf, Robert Fro ...
New Jersey: Princeton University Press, Date: 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. First edition. 233pp. Pen underlining and marginalia on a few pages, else very good in fine dust jacket. 2006. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691121095 US
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New Jersey: Princeton University Press, Date: 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. First edition. 233pp. Pen underlining and marginalia on a few pages, else very good in fine dust jacket. 2006. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691121095 9780691121093 [US]
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ISBN10: 0691121095, ISBN13: 9780691121093, [publisher: Princeton University Press, New Jersey] Hardcover First Edition First edition. 233pp. Pen underlining and marginalia on a few pages, else very good in fine dust jacket. [Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
Princeton University Press. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691121095 9780691121093 [GB]
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