In the brief span of his life and career, Aubrey Beardsley (1872-98) galvanized public attention in 1890s London with his exotic renderings of subjects, which often projected the sensual and the grotesque. This splendid volume brings together the best of Beardsley's work -- a rich selection ranging from illustrations for Laclos's Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Balzac's La Comedie Humaine to magazine cover designs, book plate silhouettes, title-page ornaments, and delightful mini-portraits of major composers. Also included are two photographs of the artist, consisting of private...
In the brief span of his life and career, Aubrey Beardsley (1872-98) galvanized public attention in 1890s London with his exotic renderings of subject...
Romantic writers had found in Christianity a poetic cult of the imagination, an assertion of the spiritual quality of beauty in an age of vulgar materialism. The decadents, a diverse movement of writers, were the climax and exhaustion of this romantic tradition. In their art, they enacted the romance of faith as a protest against the dreariness of modern life. Ellis Hanson teases out two strands--eroticism and aestheticism--that rendered the decadent interest in Catholicism extraordinary. More than any other literary movement, the decadents explored the powerful historical relationship...
Romantic writers had found in Christianity a poetic cult of the imagination, an assertion of the spiritual quality of beauty in an age of vulgar ma...
Retold out of the old romances, this collection of Arthurian tales endeavors to make each adventure--"The Quest for the Round Table", "The First Quest of Sir Lancelot", "How the Holy Grail Came to Camelot", and so forth--part of a fixed pattern that effectively presents the whole story, as it does in Le Morte D'Arthur, but in a way less intimidating to young readers. (All Ages)
Retold out of the old romances, this collection of Arthurian tales endeavors to make each adventure--"The Quest for the Round Table", "The First Quest...
The Aesthetic and Decadent Movement of the late 19th century spawned the idea of "Art for Art's Sake," challenged aesthetic standards and shocked the bourgeosie. From Walter Pater's study, "The Renaissance to Salome, the truly decadent collaboration between Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley, Karl Beckson has chosen a full spectrum of works that chronicle the British artistic achievement of the 1890s. In this revised edition of a classic anthology, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" has been included in its entirety; the bibliography has been completely updated; Professor Beckson's notes and...
The Aesthetic and Decadent Movement of the late 19th century spawned the idea of "Art for Art's Sake," challenged aesthetic standards and shocked the ...
In seiner unvollendeten Novelle aus dem Jahr 1895 schafft der englische Zeichner und Dichter Aubrey Beardsley eine erotische Phantasie, in deren Mittelpunkt die Legende von Tannhuser und Venus steht. Seinerzeit von vielen Kritikern als frivoler Ausbruch der Dekadenz abgelehnt, gilt Beardsleys Werk heute als Beispiel fr die reiche Erzhlkunst des Fin de siccle. Nachdruck der deutschen bersetzung von 1909.
In seiner unvollendeten Novelle aus dem Jahr 1895 schafft der englische Zeichner und Dichter Aubrey Beardsley eine erotische Phantasie, in deren Mitte...
In seiner unvollendeten Novelle aus dem Jahr 1895 schafft der englische Zeichner und Dichter Aubrey Beardsley eine erotische Phantasie, in deren Mittelpunkt die Legende von Tannhauser und Venus steht. Seinerzeit von vielen Kritikern als frivoler Ausbruch der Dekadenz abgelehnt, gilt Beardsleys Werk heute als Beispiel fur die reiche Erzahlkunst des Fin de sicecle. Nachdruck der deutschen Ubersetzung von 1909.
In seiner unvollendeten Novelle aus dem Jahr 1895 schafft der englische Zeichner und Dichter Aubrey Beardsley eine erotische Phantasie, in deren Mitte...
