Quote by Camille Anna Paglia

The visual is sorely undervalued in modern scholarship. Art history has attained only a fraction of the conceptual sophistication of literary criticism. Drunk with self-love, criticism has hugely overestimated the centrality of language to western culture. It has failed to see the electrifying sign language of images.

The visual is sorely undervalued in modern scholarship. Art

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This quote highlights the undervaluation of visual elements in modern scholarship, particularly in comparison to the conceptual sophistication given to literary criticism. It criticizes the inflated importance placed on language and its role in western culture, suggesting that criticism has overlooked the powerful communication and expressive potential of images. The quote suggests that art history has been limited in its development due to this oversight and calls for a recognition of the captivating visual language present in artworks.

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