The Colours of the Past in Victorian England (Cultural Interactions: Studies in the Relationship between the Arts)

The Colours of the Past in Victorian England (Cultural Interactions: Studies in the Relationship between the Arts)

Author
Charlotte Ribeyrol (editor)
Publisher
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Language
English
Edition
New
Year
2016
Page
270
ISBN
3034319746,9783034319744
File Type
pdf
File Size
26.8 MiB

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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