#j'ai baisé ta bouche Iokanaan

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Lyda Borelli as Salome - Photo by Mario Nunes Vais 

#salome #Mario Nunes Vais #lyda borelli #oscar wilde #photography #black and white #theater #actress #actor #j'ai baisé ta bouche Iokanaan

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Ah ! j'ai baisé ta bouche, Iokanaan, j'ai baisé ta bouche. Il y  avait une âcre saveur sur tes lèvres. Etait-ce la saveur du sang?... Mais peut-êtr était-ce la saveur de l'amour. On dit que l'amour a une âcre saveur... Mais qu'importe? Qu'importe? J'ai baisé ta bouche, Iokanaan, j'ai baisé ta bouche.

Salome, Oscar Wilde

#oscar wilde #wilde #salome #decadent #decadent art #symbolism #play #drama #aubrey beardsley #beardsley

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“J'ai baisé ta bouche Iokanaan, j'ai baisé ta bouche.”

“The Climax”

illustration by Aubrey Beardsley (from Salome)

#Aubrey Beardsley #Salome #Oscar Wilde #illustration #avenue queue

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What is Art Nouveau?

Art Nouveau was a style of international scope and eclectic vitality that resulted from attempts to find at art appropriate for the modern world. 

Earliest works appeared in 1890′s Art Nouveau triumphed at the 1900 Paris World’s Fair, becoming the style of the age. 

In 1893, The Studio, an illustrated magazine of the fine and applied art reproduced a new work by a young Aubrey Beardsley, J'ai baisé ta bouche Iokanaan, for Oscar Wilde’s play Salome. This would become a great influence on art nouveau design. Some regard the print as the first work of art nouveau.

Journals like The Studio were the primary forums in which the new style gained exposure. The style also obtained publicity from exhibitions organised by avande garde groups in various cities. One of the most active of these groups was Les XX in Brussels, Brussels itself being a significant center of art nouveau, home to prominent architects that pioneered the ornate style. 

During the same year that Beardley’s print appeared, Victor Horta built a radically new townhouse in Brussels. 

1895 brought forth the opening of Siegfried Bing’s commerical gallery L’Art Nouveau. Bing was an important supporter and his shop was a meeting place for artists and devotees. When the store opened, art nouveau began to flourish in cities all over Europe and North America.

Belgium, France, Germany and the US designs based on natural forms. Scotland and Austria, by contrast, art nouveau design was geometric. 

In 1900, the Paris World’s Fair brought international attention to art nouveau. Art nouveau became the style of the age, no longer avante garde but omnipresent. Now art nouveau was found in homes and public places, on posters and products of all kinds.