Sujet

The Climax, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

Légende

The Climax, 1893. The floating figure of Salome holds the severed head of John the Baptist (Jokanaan). The head has writhing snake-like hair, and drips blood which forms a pool from which grows a white lily. A cluster of bubble-like objects perhaps reference the 'clusters of black grapes' to which Salome compares John's hair. Illustration for "Salome" by Oscar Wilde, [John Lane, 1894]. From "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Amanda Waite

Notre référence

HRM22A17_464

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

58,1Mo (2,0Mo) / 32,5cm x 44,8cm / 3834 x 5296 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature unusual Shirley Markham Oscar R. A. Walker R. A. Rainforth Armitage Walker Rainforth Armitage 19th-century Decadent movement Salomé female women woman people male man men head religious flower flowers plant plants arts dance religion art book guy blood British dancer dead design floating lily lilies death Christianity hair saint Santa century Art Nouveau Britain hairstyle literature concept santo B&W bloody tendril tendrils publishing New Testament 19th century graphic design black & white black and white B W horrifying John the Baptist nineteenth century Salome severed head illustration St John the Baptist Walker Oscar Wilde Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Beardsley John publishing house Lane Beardsley Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Saint John the Baptist John Lane Bodley Head