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Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art From Egypt To Star WarsStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionWIth full-color illustrations throughout From the best-selling author of "Sexual Personae "and "Break, Blow, Burn" and one of our most acclaimed cultural critics, here is an enthralling journey through Western art s defining moments, from the ancient Egyptian tomb of Queen Nefertari to George Lucas s volcano planet duel in "Revenge of the Sith."America s premier intellectual provocateur returns to the subject that brought her fame, the great themes of Western art. Passionately argued, brilliantly written, and filled with Paglia s trademark audacity, "Glittering Images" takes us on a tour through more than two dozen seminal images, some famous and some obscure or unknown paintings, sculptures, architectural styles, performance pieces, and digital art that have defined and transformed our visual world. She combines close analysis with background information that situates each artist and image within its historical context from the stone idols of the Cyclades to an elegant French rococo interior to Jackson Pollock s abstract "Green Silver" to Renee Cox s daring performance piece "Chillin with Liberty." And in a stunning conclusion, she declares that the avant-garde tradition is dead and that digital pioneer George Lucas is the world s greatest living artist. Written with energy, erudition, and wit, "Glittering Images" is destined to change the way we think about our high-tech visual environment." Reviews"[A] highly reflective and imaginative history of images in Western art. . . . Pagliawrites with energetic lucidity, and her entries on the "Laocoon" and Donatello's "Mary Magdalene" are standouts in this absorbing volume. Both a valuable cultural critique and an elucidating history, Paglia's latest would suit the general reader, as well as those looking for an alternative approach to contemporary ways of seeing." Author descriptionCamille Paglia is University Professor of Humanities and Media Studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She is the author of "Break, Blow, Burn;" "Sexual Personae;" "Sex, Art, and American Culture;" and "Vamps Tramps." She has also written "The Birds, " a study of Alfred Hitchcock. |