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Art Nouveau Versus Realist Art Styles La Beale Isoud at Joyous Gard by Aubrey Beardsley. From Le Morte d'Arthur , 1893-94. oil on canvas The Dancer's Reward, for Salomé by Aubrey Beardsley [1907] oil on canvas Art Analysis of Aubrey Beardsley Art Nouveau Aubrey Beardsley art was inspired by Japanese wood cuts and and emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. My first thought with seeing his art was it looked liked it was inspired but Japanese artist with the grotesqueness and line work however I do think he adds his own style with using basic black and white colors which creates a balance between light and dark contrast. Beardsley's paintings can be characterized as Art Nouveau with the dramatic curve shapes he has in both paintings above. As with Art Nouveau his paintings both both have dynamic movement with the curves of both women's silhouettes such as the long train on the dress in La Beale Isoud at Joyous Gard and the curvature of the woman