Aubrey Beardsley - The Fin-de-Siecle Magician of Light and Darkness - Hiroshi Unno

Aubrey Beardsley: The Fin-de-Siècle Magician of Light and Darkness by Hiroshi Unno / ISBN 9784756252883 / A 240-page paperback, about 7.5 x 10 inches, from the publisher PIE International / Bilingual Japanese/English This one has a cool metallic finish on the cover, making it feel like a great gift book. *** This 240-page book, Aubrey Beardsley: The Decadent Magician of the Light and the Darkness, reveals the core of the artist Aubrey Beardsley through more than 180 of his art works, compiled under the supervision of Hiroshi Unno, a critic and a writer who has contributed to many books on the fin-de-siècle. Aubrey Beardsley was an illustrator who was best known for his drawings in black ink filled with erotic and decadent features. He was born in Brighton, England on August 21, 1872. The Victorian era in which Aubrey lived was gripped by a strict, rigid, conservative morality. The society was male dominated and forced women to be modest. However, in Brighton, which developed into a sea