Illustrations for "Le Morte d'Arthur"
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Illustrations for "Le Morte d'Arthur" are Aubrey Beardsley’s influential series of black-and-white Art Nouveau drawings that helped define his distinctive, decadent visual style.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beardsley illustrations for "Le Morte d'Arthur" | 1 |
| Illustrations for "Le Morte d'Arthur" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3326410 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illustrations for "Le Morte d'Arthur" Context triple: [Aubrey Beardsley, notableWork, Illustrations for "Le Morte d'Arthur"]
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A.
Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy
Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy is a celebrated series of neoclassical outline engravings by John Flaxman depicting scenes from Dante Alighieri’s epic poem.
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The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feast illustrations
The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feast illustrations are a series of richly detailed, psychedelic fantasy images created for the 1973 children’s book of the same name, celebrated for their whimsical anthropomorphic animals and vibrant, surreal style.
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C.
Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry is an 11th-century embroidered cloth that visually narrates the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England and the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
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D.
Illustrations to Homer’s Iliad
Illustrations to Homer’s Iliad is a celebrated series of neoclassical outline engravings by John Flaxman that visually interpret and accompany Homer’s epic poem the Iliad.
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E.
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights is a classic 1903 retelling of Arthurian legends for young readers, richly illustrated and adapted into accessible prose by American author and artist Howard Pyle.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illustrations for "Le Morte d'Arthur" Target entity description: Illustrations for "Le Morte d'Arthur" are Aubrey Beardsley’s influential series of black-and-white Art Nouveau drawings that helped define his distinctive, decadent visual style.
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A.
Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy
Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy is a celebrated series of neoclassical outline engravings by John Flaxman depicting scenes from Dante Alighieri’s epic poem.
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B.
The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feast illustrations
The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feast illustrations are a series of richly detailed, psychedelic fantasy images created for the 1973 children’s book of the same name, celebrated for their whimsical anthropomorphic animals and vibrant, surreal style.
-
C.
Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry is an 11th-century embroidered cloth that visually narrates the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England and the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
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D.
Illustrations to Homer’s Iliad
Illustrations to Homer’s Iliad is a celebrated series of neoclassical outline engravings by John Flaxman that visually interpret and accompany Homer’s epic poem the Iliad.
-
E.
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights is a classic 1903 retelling of Arthurian legends for young readers, richly illustrated and adapted into accessible prose by American author and artist Howard Pyle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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illustration series ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Illustrations for "Le Morte d'Arthur"
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surface form:
Beardsley illustrations for "Le Morte d'Arthur"
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| artHistoricalStatus | landmark in Art Nouveau book illustration ⓘ |
| artStyle |
black-and-white illustration
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decadent style ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British fin-de-siècle culture
ⓘ
Victorian book design ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Le Morte d'Arthur
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surface form:
"Le Morte d'Arthur"
|
| basedOnWorkAuthor |
Thomas Malory
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surface form:
Sir Thomas Malory
|
| commissionedBy | J. M. Dent ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | J. M. Dent edition of "Le Morte d'Arthur" ⓘ |
| contains |
chapter headings
ⓘ
ornamental borders ⓘ tailpieces ⓘ title-page designs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Aubrey Beardsley ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | two-volume edition ⓘ |
| genre | Art Nouveau ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century book illustration
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Art Nouveau graphic design ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Japanese woodblock prints
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Pre-Raphaelite art ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationOfOriginals | various museum and library collections ⓘ |
| medium | ink on paper ⓘ |
| movement |
Aesthetic Movement in Britain
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surface form:
Aesthetic movement
Decadentism ⓘ
surface form:
Decadent movement
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| notableFor |
erotic and decadent undertones
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highly stylized black-and-white contrasts ⓘ ornate decorative borders ⓘ |
| numberOfDecorativeDesigns | over 300 ⓘ |
| numberOfFullPageIllustrations | approximately 20 ⓘ |
| period | late 19th century ⓘ |
| printingTechnique | line block reproduction ⓘ |
| publicationYear |
1893
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1894 ⓘ |
| publisher | J. M. Dent and Company ⓘ |
| reproducedIn | numerous later reprints of "Le Morte d'Arthur" ⓘ |
| significance |
first major book commission for Aubrey Beardsley
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helped establish Aubrey Beardsley’s reputation ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Arthurian legend
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King Arthur ⓘ Knights of the Round Table ⓘ chivalry ⓘ courtly love ⓘ |
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Subject: Illustrations for "Le Morte d'Arthur" Description of subject: Illustrations for "Le Morte d'Arthur" are Aubrey Beardsley’s influential series of black-and-white Art Nouveau drawings that helped define his distinctive, decadent visual style.
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this entity surface form:
Beardsley illustrations for "Le Morte d'Arthur"