Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion & Design Ribeyrol Charlotte
Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion & Design Ribeyrol Charlotte - Britain's industrial age is often perceived through a black-and-white filter as the funereal age of coal pollution and bleak…
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Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion & Design Ribeyrol Charlotte
- Britain's industrial age is often perceived through a black-and-white filter as the funereal age of coal pollution and bleak working class slums. This catalog will dispel that perception, demonstrating how the industrial revolution transformed color, and focus on the central role it played in art, culture and technology- As opposed to approaches favoring a long history of color, the catalog focuses on the second half of the 19th century and argues that this was a crucial chromatic turn, which has been significantly ignored by prominent historians of color and previous publications- Several essays in the catalog offer new research into key chromatic events of the period including the 1862 International Exhibition- Accompanies an exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum from 21 September 2023 to 18 February 2024Contrary to the monochrome vision of Queen Victoria's mourning dresses and the