The Best of Aubrey Beardsley

by Aubrey Beardsley, Editor [Beardsley, Aubrey] Walker, R.A., R.A. Walker.

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385145438
• ISBN13: 9780385145435
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Not Avail
• Length: 173 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A large collection of Beardsley's great works

Big fan of this book. It's hard to believe he created so much in so little time. This book shows off a lot these works in good detail. I believe this is a must for anyone into art nouveau or Beardsley. Beardsley's use of large black spaces and intricate detail is highly evident in this book. I give it a 8.5 out of 10. Cheers, enjoy.

Hey, take a peek at this.

Inexpensive collection of Beardsley's black & white illustrations, mostly taken from other Beardsley books in the Dover catalogue. Some erotic penwork, but Aubrey's "obscene" art is quite tame by today's standards. Some of it even adorned the covers of magazines in his own time. Of course, the big value of this collection is that it's copyright free. You can use these illustrations in your crafts & collages or scan them for your websites. So, if you like that old decadent Nineties style (I mean 1890, not 1990), this book is one window you can peek through.