Designer : Aubrey Beardsley
Period : Art Noveau
Country : England
Year : 1872-1898?
The cat atop the woman's head in this design is interesting in that it is not a realistic depiction of a cat at all. It is almost frightening in the way that it stares down the viewer. It is ready to chomp down on anyone who nears the woman with closed eyes. The woman seems like a gypsy that is meditating and the inner part of the cat is somehow connected with her meditation methods. This work was done for a compilation of short stories by Edgar Allen Poe and it certainly depicts his own style in its own dark form.
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