"From the megalithic monuments of Stonehenge to Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty in the Great Salt Lake, from the matriarchal fertility rituals of the ancient Celts to Judy Chicago's Dinner Party, Overlay illuminates the converging interests of artists thousands of years ago and artists today."-the publisher. Lippard draws parallels between these two seemingly disparate areas of art and brings new insights to the function of art in our age.