Victorian Colour Ashmolean

Rediscover Victorian society as a vibrant colour. A major new exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum promises to take visitors on a vibrant journey through the revolution of colour use in Victorian Britain, whilst dispelling some common myths associated with this era. Colour Revolution, the autumn exhibition at the University of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, presents a dazzling version of the Victorian world.

[Review of] Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion and Design, exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 21 September 2023 to 18 February 2024 Dr. Cynthia Gamble [Victorian Web Home -> Visual Arts -> Victorian Painting -> Book and exhibition reviews]. Photograph: Ellie Atkins/© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford This dress is dyed in the new "mauveine", the commercial synthetic colour created from chemical extracted from coal tar.

A show which aims to dispel our monochrome idea of Victorian Britain is at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. As Britain's industrial revolution gained pace, new scientific breakthroughs allowed the Victorians to become increasingly revolutionary in their use of colour, with new hues greeted with both excitement and suspicion. Colour Revolution, the Ashmolean's autumn exhibition, presents a dazzling version of the Victorian world, surprisingly one of the most colourful periods in history.

The exhibition dispels the myth that the Victorian era was a dreary landscape of 'dark satanic mills' and cities choked with smog. Instead, it shows how developments in art, science and technology resulted in an explosion of. Colour Revolution, the Ashmolean's autumn exhibition, presents a dazzling version of the Victorian world, surprisingly one of the most colourful periods in history.

The exhibition dispels the myth that the Victorian era was a dreary landscape of 'dark satanic mills' and cities choked with smog. If your image of Victorian Britain is a gloomy grey place, the Ashmolean Museum's exhibition Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion & Design in Oxford (21 September 2023-18 February 2024) would make you think again. 20 September 2023: Colour Revolution, the Ashmolean's autumn exhibition, presents a dazzling version of the Victorian world, surprisingly one of the most colourful periods in history.

The exhibition dispels the myth that the Victorian era was a dreary landscape of 'dark satanic mills' and cities choked with smog. Instead, it shows how developments in art, science and technology resulted.