The author's opening chapters explain her view of essential tensions within the human psyche. These tensions, put crudely are between the civilised and the pagan, order and chaos, growth and decay, male and female. Art, as an expression of humanity, forms a tangible part of the ebb and flow of this struggle. Artists, authors, trends and movements from the dawn of time to the last century are dissected and defined in this impressive magnum opus.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 21 November 2003 ) |
