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Print this page. Download as: JSON IIIF Manifest. Drawing by Aubrey Beardsley, 'Lysistrata Haranguing the Athenian Women', illustration to 'Lysistrata' by Aristophanes, published by Leonard Smithers, London 1896 (facing page 12), pen and ink on paper, Epsom, England, 1896.
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Print this page. Download as: JSON IIIF Manifest. Drawing by Aubrey Beardsley, 'Lysistrata defending the Acropolis', illustration to 'Lysistrata' by Aristophanes, published by Leonard Smithers, London 1896 (facing page 30), pen and ink on paper, Epsom, England, 1896.
Dec 14, 2014 · Paperback – December 14, 2014. Aristophanes was the greatest writer of ancient Athenian “old comedy,” known for its satires of contemporary life and for its broad, often obscene humor. Lysistrata was first produced in 411 BC, when the Peloponnesian War had been devastating Greece for 20 years.
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Aristophanes. Lysistrata; English Version by Jack Brussell; Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley and Ancient Athenian Artists. New York: Land's End Press, 1968. Call Number: (SPL) PA 3875 .L8 1968a. Special Collections, Golda Meir Library.
Lysistrata defending the Acropolis | Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent | V&A Explore The Collections. Print. ca. 1929 (printed and published) Aubrey Beardsley's distinctive black and white drawings for Oscar Wilde's Salomé, published in 1894, brought him an extraordinary notoriety whilst still in his early twenties.
This print reproduces one of eight drawing Beardsley made to illustrate the Greek erotic comic play "Lysistrata" for a privately printed edition issued by Leonard Smithers in 1896, reprinted here around 1926 either in London or Paris. Public Domain. Artwork Details. Overview. Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings. Provenance. Exhibition History.
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Beardsley elucidates the play’s theme by showing Lysistrata holding a sprig of laurel, the sign of victory, which in this case will subjugate male power in the form of a gigantic penis, which is treated as an architectural feature.
