Contrary to the monochrome vision of Queen Victoria’s mourning
dresses and the coal-polluted streets of Charles Dickens’ London,
Victorian Britain was, in fact, a period of new and vivid colours.
The Industrial Revolution had transformed the Victorians’
perception of colour and, over the course of the second half of the
19th century, it became the key signifier of modern life. Colour
Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion & Design charts the
Victorians’ new attitudes to colour through a multi-disciplinary
exploration of culture, technology, art and literature. The
catalogue explores key ‘chromatic’ moments that inspired
Victorian artists and writers to think anew about the materiality
of colour. Rebelling against the bleakness of the industrial
present, these figures learned from the sacred colours of the past,
the sumptuous colours of the Middle East and Japan and looked
forward towards the decadent colours that defined the end of the
century.Â
General
Imprint: |
Ashmolean Museum
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Editors: |
Charlotte Ribeyrol
• Matthew Winterbottom
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Dimensions: |
280 x 220mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-910807-57-6 |
Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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LSN: |
1-910807-57-5 |
Barcode: |
9781910807576 |
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