Aubrey Beardsley and the Weight of Decadence
The Peacock Skirt (1893), by Aubrey Beardsley
If you’re anything like me, you might have increased in mass over the past eighteen months. While the...
Ritual Decadence
Featured Image: Salome (1876), by Gustave Moreau
The Picture Art Collection / Alamy Stock Photo
When the season of giving entwines with the season of extravagance,...
The Illuminati Ball
Photography by MARK SHELBY PERRY
Imagine if you will: You arrive from New York City, blindfolded, at a country manse on a wooded lake somewhere...
