Aubrey Beardsley: Symbol, Mask and SelfIrony (American University Studies),Used

Aubrey Beardsley: Symbol, Mask and SelfIrony (American University Studies),Used

In Stock
SKU: SONG082040277X
Brand: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
$28.28 $40.40
Save $12.12
Quantity
Add to wishlist
Add to compare

Processing time: 1-3 days

US Orders Ships in: 3-5 days

International Orders Ships in: 8-12 days

Return Policy: 15-days return on defective items

Payment Option
Payment Methods

Help

If you have any questions, you are always welcome to contact us. We'll get back to you as soon as possible, withing 24 hours on weekdays.

Customer service

All questions about your order, return and delivery must be sent to our customer service team by e-mail at yourstore@yourdomain.com

Sale & Press

If you are interested in selling our products, need more information about our brand or wish to make a collaboration, please contact us at press@yourdomain.com

The significance of Aubrey Beardsley's illustrations and their modernity lies in the discord between ornamental elegance (surface) and their inner human content (symbol). Pierrot, the embryodwarf, the hermaphrodite, the image of the woman, Pan are symbols through which the artist reveals himself. And yet, simultaneously, the meaning of the symbol is neutralized by the use of irony which serves as a mechanism of selfdefence. Though much of Beardsley's art derives from secondary sources (literature, theatre, music and opera), Beardsley's book illustrations are not merely literary but are autonomous works of art. They convey a competitive tension between words and lines books and drawings, the artist's versus the author's personality. Beardsley, the findesicle artist, belonged to the same Zeitgeist as Freud and expressed visually certain themes Freud was then articulating. In this sense his artistic creations anticipated twentiethcentury art.

⚠️ WARNING (California Proposition 65):

This product may contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.

For more information, please visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.

Recently Viewed