Biblical art book launched in Wales
An event held at Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales - in Cardiff marked the launch of a new book and DVD, Biblical Art from Wales.
Biblical Art from Wales is a lavishly illustrated volume, DVD and online database showcasing the wide variety and range of biblical art found in Wales, much of it little known and previously unpublished.
Launch events have already been held at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham and in the newly refurbished Founders’ Library at the University of Wales Lampeter.
The final event was at Amgueddfa Cymru - a particularly suitable venue since images from its special collections are included in the book and DVD.
Throughout Wales, the Bible has been interpreted and illustrated in a surprising range of media: in paint and sculpture, needlework and ceramic, woodcarving and engraving.
The illustrations are drawn from across Wales and from a wide variety of places of worship: from small Nonconformist chapels and synagogues, to a colourful array of stained glass from churches, as well as icons from the Orthodox tradition.
Biblical Art from Wales is not just a book, but a combination of the illustrated volume, an accompanying DVD and an online database.
The DVD contains more than 600 images that allow further exploration of the subjects introduced in the book, arranged and structured as seven key representative themes such as Word and Image, the Bible in the Welsh Landscape, and Domestic Piety.
The book and DVD are supported by an online database of images: from the DVD you can click directly into the online database (which contains over 7,000 images), hosted by the National Library of Wales, to find out more information about the context of individual images.
The book is edited by Dr Martin O’Kane and Dr John Morgan-Guy, both from the University of Wales Lampeter, and includes contributions from 17 international scholars.
The book, DVD and online database are part of the Imagining the Bible in Wales project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
The book and DVD are published by Sheffield Phoenix Press, with the book available in both hardback and paper back editions.
Both are available from www.sheffieldphoenix.com
The database of images can be accessed at http://imagingthebible.llgc.org.uk
Speakers at the launch included - Dr Medwin Hughes, Vice Chancellor, Dr Martin O’Kane and Dr John Morgan-Guy (editors).
Biblical Art from Wales is a lavishly illustrated volume, DVD and online database showcasing the wide variety and range of biblical art found in Wales, much of it little known and previously unpublished.
Launch events have already been held at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham and in the newly refurbished Founders’ Library at the University of Wales Lampeter.
The final event was at Amgueddfa Cymru - a particularly suitable venue since images from its special collections are included in the book and DVD.
Throughout Wales, the Bible has been interpreted and illustrated in a surprising range of media: in paint and sculpture, needlework and ceramic, woodcarving and engraving.
The illustrations are drawn from across Wales and from a wide variety of places of worship: from small Nonconformist chapels and synagogues, to a colourful array of stained glass from churches, as well as icons from the Orthodox tradition.
Biblical Art from Wales is not just a book, but a combination of the illustrated volume, an accompanying DVD and an online database.
The DVD contains more than 600 images that allow further exploration of the subjects introduced in the book, arranged and structured as seven key representative themes such as Word and Image, the Bible in the Welsh Landscape, and Domestic Piety.
The book and DVD are supported by an online database of images: from the DVD you can click directly into the online database (which contains over 7,000 images), hosted by the National Library of Wales, to find out more information about the context of individual images.
The book is edited by Dr Martin O’Kane and Dr John Morgan-Guy, both from the University of Wales Lampeter, and includes contributions from 17 international scholars.
The book, DVD and online database are part of the Imagining the Bible in Wales project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
The book and DVD are published by Sheffield Phoenix Press, with the book available in both hardback and paper back editions.
Both are available from www.sheffieldphoenix.com
The database of images can be accessed at http://imagingthebible.llgc.org.uk
Speakers at the launch included - Dr Medwin Hughes, Vice Chancellor, Dr Martin O’Kane and Dr John Morgan-Guy (editors).
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