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Bon Mots and Grotesques (Paperback) Loot Price: R330
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Bon Mots and Grotesques (Paperback): Aubrey Beardsley, Matthew Sturgis

Bon Mots and Grotesques (Paperback)

Aubrey Beardsley, Matthew Sturgis

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'To critics who said that the full-lipped so-called 'Beardsley mouth', which adorned many of his women, was 'inexpressive and ugly', the artist countered, 'Well, let them criticise. It's my mouth and not theirs. I like big mouths. People like the little mouth - the "Dolly Varden" mouth, if that describes it better. A big mouth is the sign of character and strength. Look at Ellen Terry with her great, strong mouth. In fact, I haven't any patience with small-mouthed people.' 'The popular idea of a picture is something told in oil or writ in water to be hung on a room's wall or in a picture gallery to perplex an artless public.' 'To my mind, there is nothing so depressing as a Gothic cathedral. I hate to have the sun shut out by the saints.' 'What a nice ample creature George Sand is: like a wonderful old cow with all her calves.' And other witty, urbane insights on life, art, and culture, illustrated with selected drawings from his Grotesques series.

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Imprint: Pallas Athene
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 2020
Authors: Aubrey Beardsley • Matthew Sturgis
Dimensions: 185 x 136 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 978-1-84368-191-5
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > Romanticism
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LSN: 1-84368-191-9
Barcode: 9781843681915

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