1st Edition
The Beardsley Industry The Critical Reception in England and France 1893 – 1914
By Jane Haville Desmarais
Copyright 1998
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1998, this is the first book to examine the critical reception accorded to Beardsley’s work.
For most of his short working life fierce debate raged in Britain over the merit of Aubrey Beardsley’s black and white drawings. Applauded for their technical skill, they were as often deplored for their ‘slimy nastiness’, their fin-de-siècle decadence and their foreign styles.... Read more
1. The Beardsley Industry. 2. Aubrey constructs Beardsley. 3. Absinthe and Artifice. 4. English Art and French Resistance: 1893-1914. 5. The Last Pre-Raphaelite. 6. Beardsley and the Symbolists. 7. Robert de Montesquiou and the ‘Perverse Idol’.
Biography
Jane Haville Desmarais
