Glittering Images

One of our most omnivorously talented cultural critics --the best-selling author of Sexual Personae and Break, Blow, Burn-- presents a primer of Western art's defining moments, from the tomb of Queen Nefertari to George Lucas's digitallyenhanced duel in Revenge of the Sith. America's premier intellectual provocateur returns to the subject that made her famous: the great themes of Western art. Brilliantly written, filled with Paglia's trademark audacity, Glittering Images tours through more than two dozen works: the paintings, sculptures, architectural styles, performance pieces, and digital art that have transformed our visual world. Combining close analysis with background information, she situates each image in historical context-from an Egyptian tomb to Jackson Pollock's abstract Green Silver to Renée Cox's daring performance piece Chillin' with Liberty.