Decadent Subjects: The Idea Of Decadence In Art... -

Bernheimer rereads several major thinkers and artists to rediscover the "dynamics of the decadent":

Friedrich Nietzsche , Oscar Wilde, Thomas Hardy, and Stéphane Mallarmé. Decadent Subjects: The Idea of Decadence in Art...

Gustave Moreau, known for his jewel-like, dreamlike depictions of mythological figures. Bernheimer rereads several major thinkers and artists to

The text connects Freudian theories—such as the death drive , hysteria, and sexual identity—to the artistic phenomena of the late 19th century. and Stéphane Mallarmé. Gustave Moreau