Critic Cites Revenge of the Sith As "Generation's Greatest Work of Art

eldavojohn writes "Art critic and University Professor of Humanities and Media Studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia Camille Paglia has written a book that not only claims George Lucas is the 'World's Greatest Living Artist' but also that 'Revenge of the Sith' is our generation's greatest work of art. That's right: Titian, Bernini, Monet, Picasso, Jackson Pollock and ... George Lucas. If you thought you understood art but you hated Episode III, it might be difficult to understand how her book 'Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars' ends with 'Revenge of the Sith.' There is a possibility that the art world remembers this generation by examining that movie."

Comments

Wow

[longbot]

And I thought my opinion of art critics couldn't get any lower.

Re:Wow

[mwvdlee]

Jar jar is just misunderstood; he isn't a redundant and annoying racial stereotype. He's really a heart-wrenching commentary on contemporary sociatal angst, portrayed through counter-cultural metaphorical symbolism.

Re:Wow

[Anonymous Coward]

Obligatory XKCD: http://xkcd.com/451/

How much is Disney paying her?

[schwit1]

That or she's into some nasty nose candy.

No.

[Sasayaki]

Okay, I get it. Art is subjective. Sometimes someone's "best movie ever" is another's pukeorama. I know this.

But, no.

Just no.

Re:No.

[mwvdlee]

I agree completely. The red-brownish turd was by far the best of all three turds.

Ha Ha

[ebcdic]

Slashdot trolled by feminist academic.

Re:Ha Ha

[rolfwind]

What I was thinking, brings to mind a quote I don't quite remember the exact details of, talking about shooting a gun to see who jumps.

So much of our mass media these days are just professional trolls who just take a contracdictory opinion to feed their bank account from the attention: Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, countless pundits, etcera. The whole 2012 election coverage was a farce to make it seem like there was an actual photofinish race vs a marathon where one guy was lagging a mile behind. Or CopperCab on Youtube.

I don't understand why people fall for the tactic again and again. So the worst is the lady may actually believe this, does anyone take the argument seriously? No, then move on and don't give her attentions/book sales/whatever either way.

What?!

[Anonymous Coward]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Nonsense !

[alexhs]

Nonsense ! YouTube Charts tells me that Psy, Justin Bieber and Jennifer Lopez are the greatest artists !

Critics need an opinion

[captainpanic]

If art critics and movie critics would just blindly follow the popular opinions, there would not be much point in having them around.
We can check what's in the IMDB Top 250 without needing their help.

Same with Picasso... I'd much rather look at a peaceful picture of mountains than his morbid creations. It takes a critic to like it.

Re:5 words on the subject

[Lunix Nutcase]

The Jar Jar Binks, The?

Is this the 90s!? She's been trolling for years.

[Methodkiller]

Paglia has been trolling the feminist establishment for for years. Now she has broadened her trolling to sell more books. It's boring and this post is troll bait.

Well, THAT was unexpected...

[Millennium]

I never expected to agree with TFA. I mean, come on; if Revenge of the Sith is truly the greatest work of art produced in the last thirty years, then the artistic state of humanity has fallen far indeed. But then I went and read the thing, only to find that the critic is pretty much saying exactly this: that it is the greatest work of art produced in the last thirty years, because the artistic state of humanity has fallen so far.

Re:George Lucas obviously greater - in impact

[ultranova]

In terms of impact on humanity, there's no question that Lucas has had far greater impact than Kubrick and Kurosawa combined.

By that metric, the greatest artist of all time was Adolf Hitler.