Best Works of Aubrey Beardsley cultural histories

cultural histories

Maisel conjures the city's past and present writers

and proceeds to an exploration of the many facts

as well as significant new material prepared for the 1924 English translation by C

Best Works of Aubrey Beardsley cultural historiesIn the brief span of his life and career, Aubrey Beardsley (187298) 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 Comdie Humaine to magazine cover designs, book plate silhouettes, title page