The Collected Drawings Of Aubrey Beardsley
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Few artists have carved a more distinctive and controversial silhouette in the history of illustration than Aubrey Beardsley, and The Collected Drawings of Aubrey Beardsley presents the most comprehensive visual testament to his singular genius. This definitive volume gathers the full breadth of his extraordinary black-and-white illustrations — from the sinuous, decadent designs for Oscar Wilde's Salome to his iconic work for The Yellow Book — capturing the provocative elegance that made him the defining visual voice of the Aesthetic Movement and the fin-de-siècle era. Edited by Bruce S. Harris and accompanied by an appreciation from the celebrated poet and critic Arthur Symons — one of Beardsley's closest contemporaries — this collection situates the artist's work within its rich literary and cultural context. Beardsley's draftsmanship, with its razor-sharp contrast, grotesque wit, and startling eroticism, remains as unsettling and seductive today as it was when it scandalized Victorian England. For collectors, art historians, and admirers of the Decadent movement alike, this volume poses the enduring question: was Beardsley a mere illustrator, or the century's most subversive visual poet?
Author: Aubrey Beardsley
Format: Hardback
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Few artists have carved a more distinctive and controversial silhouette in the history of illustration than Aubrey Beardsley, and The Collected Drawings of Aubrey Beardsley presents the most comprehensive visual testament to his singular genius. This definitive volume gathers the full breadth of his extraordinary black-and-white illustrations — from the sinuous, decadent designs for Oscar Wilde's Salome to his iconic work for The Yellow Book — capturing the provocative elegance that made him the defining visual voice of the Aesthetic Movement and the fin-de-siècle era. Edited by Bruce S. Harris and accompanied by an appreciation from the celebrated poet and critic Arthur Symons — one of Beardsley's closest contemporaries — this collection situates the artist's work within its rich literary and cultural context. Beardsley's draftsmanship, with its razor-sharp contrast, grotesque wit, and startling eroticism, remains as unsettling and seductive today as it was when it scandalized Victorian England. For collectors, art historians, and admirers of the Decadent movement alike, this volume poses the enduring question: was Beardsley a mere illustrator, or the century's most subversive visual poet?