Tutor information
Maddie Hewitson
Madeline Hewitson is a Research Assistant at the Ashmolean Museum and holds a doctorate in art history from the University of York. Her research focuses on nineteenth-century British Orientalist visual culture and representations of the Holy Lands. Her current research project, supported by a Paul Mellon Centre Research Continuity Grant, investigates the unique role of the Old Testament in Victorian visual culture.
Courses
From dazzling dyes used in corsets and stockings and the flamboyant use of nature's beauty in fashion, to the splendour of ceramics and bold experiments by avant-garde painters, this day will uncover how the 19th century was a vibrant colour-filled era.
From dazzling dyes used in fashion to shimmering ceramics and avant-garde experiments by painters, rediscover Victorian society as a colour-filled era. This course runs alongside the Ashmolean exhibition Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion & Design.