Under the Hill: And Other Essays in Prose and Verse (Classic Reprint)

Aubrey, Beardsley

Forgotten Books

Salome: A Tragedy in one Act

Salome: A Tragedy in One Act

Oscar, Wilde

Franklin Classics Trade Press

12 different black-and white plates, 9 or 16 per page, perforated with adhesive backs ready to use.

Aubrey Beardsley Bookplates: 122 Ready to Use Plates With Adhesive Backs

Theodore Menten

Dover Pubns

Story of Venus and Tannhauser

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Wordsworth Classics

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872-1898) was a fashionable English illustrator and author associated with the aesthetic movement and the development of the art nouveau style. Known today and in his time as a master of black-ink line work executed with supple fluidity and slashing vigor, Beardsley veered away from Victorian convention, choosing instead to portray characters and scenes as he saw them. "Things shape themselves before my eyes just as I draw them. . . . They all seem weird and strange to me." He asserted that "the grotesque is the only alternative to the insipid commonplace." His fantastic illustrations expressed his appreciation of the unexpected, the erotic, the dark and decadent.
 Although he struggled with ill-health throughout his brief life-he was diagnosed with tuberculosis as a child and died of the disease at twenty-five-Beardsley was a prolific and well-known artist, and by his early twenties was the art editor of The Yellow Book, an avant-garde literary quarterly. His audacious style influenced artists of diverse genres, and whether despite or because of its modish affectedness, Beardsley's artwork continues to captivate audiences. This coloring book features a selection of twenty-five black-and-white illustrations published in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century versions of literary works such as Le Morte Darthur by Sir Thomas Malory, The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope, and Salomé by Oscar Wilde.

Aubrey Beardsley: Coloring Book

Pomegranate

The Story of Venus and Tannhäuser, or, Under the Hill: In Which Is Set Forth an Exact Account of the Manner of State Held by Madam Venus, Goddess and ... to Rome and Return to the Loving Mountain

Academy Editions/St. Martin's Press

Collected Drawings

BSC Bks.

Under the Hill: And Other Essays in Prose and Verse

Literary

BiblioLife

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

History

Under The HillUnder the Hill is based upon the legend of Venus and Tannhauser (the two principals of the book), which, in turn, is based upon the wanderings of a German troubadour of the thirteenth century. This legend has been used by such diverse artists as Wagner, Swinburne, and William Morris, but never with the elegance and vivacity brought to it by Beardsley. With the same precise attention to detail and startling originality which inform his celebrated drawings, Beardsley has written a glittering parody on the old legend.Keywords: LITERATURE

Under the Hill

Genre Fiction

GROVE PRESS

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