The Savoy (illustrations)

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The Savoy (illustrations) is a series of distinctive, decadent-style artworks by Aubrey Beardsley created for the avant-garde British literary magazine *The Savoy* in the 1890s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork series
illustration series
artHistoricalSignificance key example of British decadent illustration
artisticStyle black-and-white line illustration
ornamental design
symbolist imagery
associatedWith British avant-garde literature
The Savoy (magazine)
surface form: The Savoy (literary magazine)

fin de siècle culture
colorPalette monochrome
copyrightStatus public domain (in many jurisdictions)
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Aubrey Beardsley
depicts erotic themes
grotesque figures
mythological themes
genre Art Nouveau illustration
decadent art
hasCulturalContext fin de siècle London art scene
late Victorian era
inceptionContext launch of The Savoy magazine
influenced 20th-century graphic design
modern book illustration
influencedBy French symbolism
surface form: French Symbolism

Japanese woodblock prints
Pre-Raphaelite art
languageOfContext English
locationOfPublicationContext London, England
surface form: London
material ink on paper
movement Aestheticism
Decadentism
surface form: Decadent movement
notableArtist Aubrey Beardsley
partOf Aubrey Beardsley’s oeuvre
printingTechnique reproductive line block printing
publicationFrequencyOfContext periodical issues
publicationMedium The Savoy (magazine)
publisherOfContext Leonard Smithers
startTime 1896
targetAudienceOfContext avant-garde readership
technique pen-and-ink drawing
timePeriod 1890s

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Aubrey Beardsley notableWork The Savoy (illustrations)