Aubrey Beardsley, dandy of the grotesque

摘要: This book analyses Beardsley's most characteristic works, clarifying why his art is indispensable to understanding fin-de-siecle Victorian culture. various grotesque figures serve as emblems of 'monstrous' metaphysical contortion, even elegant designs simultaneously recuperate such dislocations formalistically. Alternating between an urge outrage and a craving for authority, 'dandy' sensibility effect what might be called 'caricature' traditional canonical meaning.