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Peter Lord
Portrait
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Bernard Mitchell
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Art historian 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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Visual Culture of Wales - Industrial Society
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Imaging the Nation
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The Visual Culture of Wales - Industrial Society,
Peter Lord.
£25.
272 pages, hardback.
The Visual Culture of Wales - Imaging the Nation
Peter Lord
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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 Lords 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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