Aubrey Beardsley Knihy

In this step-by-step course the author shares his fund of knowledge, acquired over 30 years as a professional photographer. The book is planned around 70 projects to provide the reader with a steadily-growing command of the subject, building up from a basic understanding of how the camera works towards a mastery of advanced techniques. The aim is to teach only what the reader needs to know at each stage, with technical information introduced progressively, to avoid unnecessary and confusing detail. The advice is intended for use with the latest compact cameras as well as with SLRs.

Witty, urbane insights on life, art, and culture from Aubrey Beardsley, illustrated with selected drawings from his Grotesques series.

Aubrey Beardsley's letters from his final months offer a poignant glimpse into his thoughts as he faced tuberculosis and impending death at just 25. These correspondences reveal his humor, creativity, and reflections on art, providing a personal perspective on the struggles and insights of a significant figure in late 19th and early 20th-century art. The collection includes a preface by Leonard Smithers, a close friend who helped preserve Beardsley's legacy. This facsimile reprint serves to honor the cultural importance of Beardsley's work.

Aubrey Beardsley, famous by his early twenties, died aged 25 leaving an immense volume of work behind. This collection provides an opportunity to view Beardsley's mature work. It aims to enable the reader to distinguish between the genuine and the hundreds of spurious pastiches attributed to him.

B&R Samizdat Express edition, including Instructtions from Writing History as well as The True History, with links from the table of contents. According to Wikipedia: "True History or True Story is a travel tale by the Greek-speaking Syrian author Lucian of Samosata, the earliest known fiction about travelling to outer space, alien life-forms and interplanetary warfare. Written in the 2nd century, the novel has been referred to as "the first known text that could be called science fiction". The work was intended by Lucian as a satire against contemporary and ancient sources, which quote fantastic and mythical events as truth... Lucian of Samosata (Greek: Λουκιανός ὁ Σαμοσατεύς, Latin: Lucianus Samosatensis; c. A.D. 125 – after A.D. 180) was a rhetorician, and satirist who wrote in the Greek language. He is noted for his witty and scoffing nature. "