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The Colours of the Past in Victorian England (Paperback, New edition)
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The Colours of the Past in Victorian England (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Cultural Interactions: Studies in the Relationship between the Arts, 38
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The experience of colour underwent a significant change in the
second half of the nineteenth century, as new coal tar-based
synthetic dyes were devised for the expanding textile industry.
These new, artificial colours were often despised in artistic
circles who favoured ancient and more authentic forms of
polychromy, whether antique, medieval, Renaissance or Japanese.
However faded, ancient hues were embraced as rich, chromatic
alternatives to the bleakness of industrial modernity, fostering
fantasized recreations of an idealized past. The interdisciplinary
essays in this collection focus on the complex reception of the
colours of the past in the works of major Victorian writers and
artists. Drawing on close analyses of artworks and literary texts,
the contributors to this volume explore the multiple facets of the
chromatic nostalgia of the Victorians, as well as the contrast
between ancient colouring practices and the new sciences and
techniques of colour.
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