Glittering Images : A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars (Paperback)

from publiusdb

Over the years, I've run into Camille Paglia's essays at unexpected times, and I seem to always come away thoughtful and, occasionally, amused. Clearly coming from a perspective distant from my own, politically and culturally a member of East Coast academia, I never the less found her insights an...

from HadriantheBlind

Some 29 essays providing an introduction to art.The big gripe a lot of people will inevitably have with this is that a lot will be left out - could you imagine the difficulty of trying to introduce somebody to literature with only 29 books? Still, it's a very respectable introduction and cross-se...

from Michael.Xolotl

Exceedingly basic and fairly uninteresting. The fight scene between Vadar and Obi-Wan is somehow art? Come on.

from ajungherr

29 very spirited and opinionated essays on 29 pieces of art during the centuries. Paglia shows that culture studies at its best can enlighten, provoke and inspire an interesting dialogue with artists, their time and their artifacts.

from ValerieAndBooks

A problem with discussing art in books or textbooks is that reproduced images never do the real thing justice. It's even worse when they're reproduced in black and white. My copy of "Glittering Images" is the paperback format, and it's very good quality with color plates for each piece discussed,...