Bon Mots and Grotesques

Aubrey Beardsley, Matthew Sturgis

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Pallas Athene Publishers
01 June 2023

Art & design styles: Romanticism; Individual artists, art monographs

'To critics who said that the full-lipped so-called 'Beardsley mouth', which adorned many of his women, was 'inexpressive and ugly', the artist countered, 'Well, let them criticise. It's my mouth and not theirs. I like big mouths. People like the little mouth the Dolly Varden mouth, if that describes it better. A big mouth is the sign of character and strength. Look at Ellen Terry with her great, strong mouth. In fact, I haven't any patience with small-mouthed people.' 'The popular idea of a picture is something told in oil or writ in water to be hung on a room's wall or in a picture gallery to perplex an artless public.' 'To my mind, there is nothing so depressing as a Gothic cathedral. I hate to have the sun shut out by the saints.' 'What a nice ample creature George Sand is: like a wonderful old cow with all her calves.' And other witty, urbane insights on life, art, and culture, illustrated with selected drawings from his Grotesques series.

AUTHOR: Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (21 August 1872 16 March 1898) was an English illustrator and author, and despite his brief career a key figure in the development of art nouveau. His drawings, whether decadent, grotesque or erotic, stretched understandings of the power of line and what could be done in black and white.

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Urban wit on life, art and culture from one of the leading artists and celebrities of the decadent era, Aubrey Beardsley, with drawings from his Grotesque series

85 b/w illustrations

By: Aubrey Beardsley
Edited by: Matthew Sturgis
Imprint: Pallas Athene Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 185mm, Width: 136mm,
Weight: 130g
ISBN: 9781843681915
ISBN 10: 1843681919
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 01 June 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (21 August 1872 - 16 March 1898) was an English illustrator and author, and despite his brief career a key figure in the development of art nouveau. His drawings, whether decadent, grotesque or erotic, stretched understandings of the power of line and what could be done in black and white.

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Bon Mots and Grotesques

Aubrey Beardsley, Matthew Sturgis

$29.99

Paperback

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