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Peter Lord
Portrait © Bernard
Mitchell
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and presenter Peter Lord, at the launch of his book, The Visual
Culture of Wales, at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
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The
Visual Culture of Wales - Industrial Society,
Peter Lord. £25.
272 pages, hardback.
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Visual Culture of Wales - Imaging the Nation
Peter Lord. £30.
416 pages, hardback.
Review by Bernard
Mitchell
The publication of the
first two volumes of the three volume set, of The Visual Culture
of Wales by Peter Lord is a long overdue event in the history of
Welsh art and artists. The first two volumes deal with a period
from the 1600's to 1960 and are essential reading for anyone interested
in the subject. Both volumes are available in both English and Welsh,
separately, and are packed with hundreds of finely printed illustrations
of the artists and their work. Peter Lord who is a Research Fellow
at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic
Studies in Aberystwyth, where the research was carried out, has
managed to establish at last that Wales does have a visual cultural
heritage. He has highlighted some of our great and forgotten artists,
such as Swansea's Evans Walters,and Cedric Morris, as well as, Ray
Howard Jones, Vera Bassett, Brenda Chamberlain and John Petts to
name just a few. If only for that, he should be praised for what
I think is a tremendous achievement.
Vol.
1 - Industrial Society
Peter Lord
h/b pp272 1998 £25.00
0-7083-1496-1
Review
supplied by publisher...
The first
of three volumes which will examine Welsh imagery, and the artists,
craftspeople and patrons who created it, from the Celtic Christian
period until c. 1960.
‘Peter
Lord has just written the first volume in his magnum opus, a huge
and lavish trilogy about the visual culture of Wales . . . Opening
the pages of Lord’s book is like letting in the sunshine .
. . because it represents such a dazzling new interpretation of
Welshness.’
- Jan Morris, Independent on Sunday
‘This
is cultural history . . . at its best: historical analysis of artists
and their work in relation to social, economic, industrial and broader
cultural issues . . . it is likely to be the definitive survey of
its subject for many years to come . . . All in all, the combination
of an erudite and lively text packed with information and discussion,
with a generous selection of beautifully reproduced illustrations,
all held in a volume of outstandingly attractive and effective design,
make this a work of the first importance. It will grace, indeed
be an essential acquisition for, any collection on art history,
cultural history or of Welsh interest.’
- Reference Reviews
Peter
Lord is a leading art historian and currently research fellow at
the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies.
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