The Yellow Book, a magazine publication running from 1894-1897, is known as an avant-garde periodical filled with art from many genres. The magazine was published in the Pre-Raphaelite Era of arts, which was recognized for its unconventional style of creativity (Oxford Reference). The art featured in The Yellow Book ranged from prose and poetry to reproductions of paintings and drawings. This variety of art is portrayed under the theme of denying the classical and embracing the misunderstood. The Yellow Book may not be considered a Pre-Raphaelite work, but there are Pre-Raphaelite traits in the art published. Works like Sleeping Beauty by Richard Le Gallienne and Under the Moon by Francis Henry Newbery (F H Newbery) are just two examples among the many that entertain the idea of exploring the unorthodox.

Sleeping Beauty was one of many Prose Fancies that Le Gallienne contributed to The Yellow Book. Located in Volume 13, which was published in April of 1897, this short story falls under the genre of fiction. Under the Moon was created by F H Newbery and appeared in Volume 8, which was published in January of 1896. It is in the genre of visual art and was reproduced using the halftone engraving technique.

Both of these works are linked under the context of Ideals of Feminine Beauty In 1890s Art. Le Gallienne spent the majority of Sleeping Beauty discussing what is the true meaning of feminine beauty in a society with narrow ideals. He discussed that it was up to each individual person to find what was beautiful to them. He also noted that artists had the ability to change society's view of attractive femininity. Artists were able to open the eyes of the beauty-blind to see a different type of beauty (Le Gallienne 310). F H Newbery's painting Under the Moon displayed one said type of beauty which was found in the everyday and yet was underrated. His depiction of beauty was in the feminine forms of serenity and community.