Beardsley Industry
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. T...
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. T...
