Aubrey Beardsley Sixty Selected Drawings Author:Aubrey Beardsley The 60 drawings in this book are accompanied by an essay by Bridget Elliot: "Aubrey Beardsley as Performer: Fin de Siecle or Entr'acte?", which examines Beardsley's work within a modern, sociological framework. Elliot brings to the fore the social implications of the headstrong artistic stance that Beardsley took against conservatism, while also... more » evaluating Beardsley's success in terms of the social and technological developments in the 1980s. Bridget Elliot is Associate Professor of Visual Arts at the University of Ontario, Canada.« less