Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 280 pages)
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134 illustrations
ISBN:
9781805113478
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9781805113485
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9781805113492
Content:
""If I am not grotesque, I am nothing." This insightful study illuminates previously unexplored aspects of Aubrey Beardsley's relationship to the grotesque and his use of media, particularly his manipulation of the periodical press. For the first time and with keen intelligence, Evanghelia Stead fully reveals the aesthetic importance of Beardsley's Bon-Mots vignettes, as well as the relationship between Darwinism, his innovative foetus motif, and Decadence itself. Beautifully illustrated throughout, the book calls on histories of culture and aesthetics to show how the artist reworked traditional imagery and manipulated it beyond recognition-revealing for instance the influence of cathedral grotesques on Beardsley's own grotesque performances. Stead also demonstrates his major impact on Italian, French, American and German creative minds through the periodical press. Rich in original thought and detailed, comparative analysis, this book is an invigorating and enlightening read for scholars of Aubrey Beardsley, as well as for anyone interested in nineteenth-century visual culture, art history, art criticism, print culture, illustration, grotesque iconography, and cultural history."--Publisher's website
Note:
Available through Open Book Publishers
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Includes bibliography (pages 217-238) and index
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Introduction: Breaking the Mould of Victorianism / Evanghelia Stead -- 1. Grotesque Vignettes and the "All Margin" Book / Evanghelia Stead -- 2. A Foetal Laboratory and Its Influence / Evanghelia Stead -- 3. A Dandy's Portico of Portraits / Evanghelia Stead -- 4. Beardsley Images and the "Europe of Reviews" / Evanghelia Stead -- 5. Paris Performance Alive and Dead / Evanghelia Stead -- Conclusion and Aftermath / Evanghelia Stead.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781805113454
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781805113461
Language:
English
Author information:
Stead, Évanghélia 1957-
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