Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and

Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds

Great art comes from great pain.

Or that's the impression left by the haunting profiles in Tortured Artists,Â which examines the maladies that drive creative types to the brink ofÂ despair and the inspired works that are born from their anguish.

TheÂ book comprises illuminating profiles of forty-eight celebrated figuresÂ from literature, music, drama, and visual art. The artists are aÂ carefully chosen mix of pioneers and mavericks whose creativeÂ contributions have forever changed their respective mediums -- everyoneÂ from Charles Schulz to Charlie Parker, Michelangelo to Madonna, AndyÂ Warhol to Amy Winehouse. Each profile in Tortured Artists has aÂ specific goal: to show how pain and suffering inspired the subject'sÂ art, thereby revealing the common thread that binds artistic expressionÂ of every conceivable type.

As much an appreciation of artistic genius as an accessible study of the artistic psyche, Tortured Artists illustrates the surprising extent to which inner and outer turmoil fuel the creative process.
Country USA
Manufacturer Adams Media
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-02-18
Format Kindle eBook

Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds