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database showcasing the wide variety and range of biblical art found in Wales, much of it little known and previously unpublished.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 colou...