Saturday, 30 August 2008

Beardsley's King Arthur



Fame came to Aubrey Beardsley in 1893 after publishing "LeMorte D'Arthur" , an english epic about King Arthur, by Thomas Malory with Aubrey's illustrations. It was a triumph! Critics wrote: "...Nobody can bring a simple line to its inevitable end with such a confidence..." In this work Aubrey Vincent Beardsley's style was born. He uses pen and ink. Black and white only, there is no half-tones. Edition of King Arthur with Beardsley's illustrations is very popular even today.

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