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Aubrey Beardsley

    August 21, 1872 – March 16, 1898

    Aubrey Beardsley was an English illustrator and author whose black ink drawings, influenced by Japanese woodcuts, emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. A leading figure in the Aesthetic movement, he championed art for art's sake. Beardsley significantly contributed to the development of the Art Nouveau style and the poster movement with his unique and provocative visual language. Despite his brief career, his intense creative output left a lasting impact on visual art.

    Aubrey Beardsley
    The Story of Venus and Tannhäuser
    Salome
    True History
    Aubrey Beardsley
    Last Letters Of Aubrey Beardsley (1904)
    The Spirit of Beardsley
    • 2022

      True History

      • 40 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      B&R Samizdat Express edition, including Instructtions from Writing History as well as The True History, with links from the table of contents. According to Wikipedia: "True History or True Story is a travel tale by the Greek-speaking Syrian author Lucian of Samosata, the earliest known fiction about travelling to outer space, alien life-forms and interplanetary warfare. Written in the 2nd century, the novel has been referred to as "the first known text that could be called science fiction". The work was intended by Lucian as a satire against contemporary and ancient sources, which quote fantastic and mythical events as truth... Lucian of Samosata (Greek: Λουκιανός ὁ Σαμοσατεύς, Latin: Lucianus Samosatensis; c. A.D. 125 – after A.D. 180) was a rhetorician, and satirist who wrote in the Greek language. He is noted for his witty and scoffing nature. "

      True History
    • 2021
    • 2020

      The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

      The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley
    • 2020
    • 2009

      Last Letters Of Aubrey Beardsley (1904)

      • 180 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      Aubrey Beardsley's letters from his final months offer a poignant glimpse into his thoughts as he faced tuberculosis and impending death at just 25. These correspondences reveal his humor, creativity, and reflections on art, providing a personal perspective on the struggles and insights of a significant figure in late 19th and early 20th-century art. The collection includes a preface by Leonard Smithers, a close friend who helped preserve Beardsley's legacy. This facsimile reprint serves to honor the cultural importance of Beardsley's work.

      Last Letters Of Aubrey Beardsley (1904)
    • 1998
    • 1991

      Erotische Novelle

      • 94 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Der englische Maler und Schriftsteller Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898), der vor allem durch seine Illustrationen f r Oscar Wildes "Salome" Ber hmtheit erlangte, starb bereits im Alter von 25 Jahren an Tuberkulose. Trotz einer kurzen Schaffensperiode von nur sechs Jahren ver ffentlichte er mehr als 1000 Zeichnungen, die Charakteristika des Jugendstil und der Dekadenz ausdrucksvoll miteinander verbinden. Als Autor ist Beardsley nur noch den Wenigsten bekannt. "Unter dem H gel," eine Novelle, in deren Mittelpunkt die Legende von Tannh user und Venus steht, ist sein wohl wichtigstes Werk. Aufgrund der erotischen Elemente, die sie enth lt, von vielen Zeitgenossen Beardsleys als frivole Skandalliteratur diffamiert, gilt die Erz hlung heute als ein besonderes Beispiel f r die facettenreiche Literatur des Fin de Si cle. Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem fr hen 20. Jahrhundert.

      Erotische Novelle
    • 1983

      Rich selection of 170 boldly executed black-and-white illustrations ranging from illustrations for Laclos' Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Balzac's La Comedie Humaine to magazine cover designs, book plates, title-page ornaments for books, silhouettes, and delightful mini portraits of major composers.

      The Best of Beardsley
    • 1980