This work scrutinizes some of the best-known art masterpieces of the Western world, alerting readers to the power and peril of seduction. It melds the sister arts of poetry and painting, in order to explore history, forgery and violation.
Shawna Lemay scrutinizes some of the best-known art masterpieces of the Western world, alerting her readers to the power and peril of seduction. All the God-sized Fruit melds the sister arts - poetry and painting - in a sensual exploration of history, forgery, and violation. In poems rich with sensory pleasure, Lemay explores the place where image and inspiration meet.