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The Visual Culture of Wales


	Capital Cardiff 1975-2020: Regeneration, Competitiveness and the Urban Environment (ISBN 0-7083-2063-5) "This collection, examining one particular city from a variety of conceptual and empirical viewpoints - offers an interesting and novel synthesis . . . The authors have substantial experience of the city and are eminently qualified to contribute to such a text." Dave Valler, Associate Chair, Dept. of Community and Regional Planning Iowa State University Click here for more information Price: £60.00


Art in Wales 2000BC-AD1850 (ISBN 0708306748) Part one of a two-volume study of the visual art heritage of Wales, spanning a period of more than 3800 years. This book will provide stimulating reading to the general reader as well as giving valuable further insights to those with specialist interest. Over 130 photographs in black and white and colour. Click here for more information Price: £19.99


	Art in Wales AD1850-1980 - An Illustrated History (Hardback) (ISBN 0-7083-0854-6 ) Eric Rowan pp 194 inc. 178 ills. (44 colour) 1985 hardback £35.00 This is the first major study of the fine arts in Wales during the modern period; a pioneering expedition into territory that has been neglected by the wider world of scholarship. It is, therefore, presented as a broad survey, rather than a detailed history; bringing together hitherto unrelated individuals and events, to give a coherent account of the evolution of modern art in Wales. Click here for more information Price: £45.00


Art in Wales 1850-1980: An Illustrated History (paperback) (ISBN 0708314082) This is the first major study of the fine arts in Wales during the modern period; a pioneering expedition into territory that has been neglected by the wider world of scholarship. It is, therefore, presented as a broad survey, rather than a detailed history; bringing together hitherto unrelated individuals and events, to give a coherent account of the evolution of modern art in Wales. 'A remarkable piece of research and scholarship.' Anglo Welsh Review Click here for more information Price: £19.99


	The Art of Piety: The Visual Culture of Welsh Nonconformity (ISBN 0708312985) This book challenges the popular fallacy that Nonconformity has no use for art, and contests the view that Welsh Nonconformity had a wholly negative effect on the visual arts in Wales. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the visual expression of Nonconformist culture was prolific, and a vital means of maintaining the devotional life of believers and of communicating Nonconformist ideals to those outside the faith. Click here for more information Price: £16.99


Artwel - A Database of Welsh Publications about Art (ISBN 0-7083-1212-8 ) John Harris and Hywel Roberts IBM-format disk (both 5.25" and 3.5" supplied) An innovative machine-readable database which aims to record and annotate all significant Welsh writing about art, including the applied and decorative arts, in both English and Welsh language publications. Comprising almost 1500 records it emphasises post-1945 literature, the bulk of entries being drawn from fifty or so Welsh periodicals. Click here for more information Price: £70.00


	Church Building and Restoration in Victorian Glamorgan (ISBN 0708318371) A detailed account of all those Anglican churches within the county of Glamorgan that were built, rebuilt, restored or re-modelled in any significant way during the Victorian period, 1837-1901. Click here for more information Price: £30.00


An Elusive Tradition: Art and Society in Wales, 1870–1950 (ISBN 0-7083-1769-3) A series of fully illustrated studies of relatively neglected aspects of art in Wales. Click here for more information Price: £45.00


	Image of the Invisible: The Visualization of Religion in the Welsh Nonconformist Tradition (ISBN 0708314759) In this innovative and lavishly illustrated study John Harvey examines the visual expression of religious and spiritual concepts in Nonconformist Wales. He discusses his subject within a broad cultural context which includes fine art, architecture, preaching, hymnology and such intangible manifestations as visions. Click here for further information Price: £19.99


Kurt Merz Schwitters (ISBN 0708314384) "Print on demand". Schwitters was an extraordinary and contradictory character - happily married, yet a womanizer, a wildly avant-garde artist and passionate painter of prosaic landscapes, a noisy and gregarious self-publicist who deliberately sought rural anonymity, an enfant terrible who ran a successful advertising agency, an uncouth vagabond who camped out in the houses of the best people. His life, said those who knew him, was a work of art in itself. Click here for more information Price: £55.00


	Old College, Aberystwyth: The Evolution of a High Victorian Building (ISBN 0-7083-1286-1) Old College, Aberystwyth is one of Britain's most significant nineteenth century buildings; its development reflects the evolution of architectural styles from the Picturesque Gothic of the 1790s to the Queen Anne Revival of the 1890s. The present building has its origins in Castle House, John Nash's first excursion into Gothic, designed to the specifications of Sir Uvadale Price, the leader of the late eighteenth century Picturesque movement. In the 1860s wings were added to the north and south of the house, with the intention of creating one of the most opulent hotels of the Railway Age. The bankruptcy of Thomas Savin, the Hotel's owner, in 1866, resulted in the Hotel being abandoned. The uncompleted building was bought by the founders of the University College of Wales, and Seddon was invited to adapt it for its new purposes. Click here for more information Price: £14.99


Opera House Lottery: Zaha Hadid and the Cardiff Bay Project (ISBN 0-7083-1442-2) For anyone interested in attracting lottery money, or concerned with the tragicomedy of arts funding and public building in Britain, this is both an instructive read and "a source of innocent merriment" . . . so said the RIBA Journal about Lord Crickhowell's new book - a devastating account of the Cardiff Opera house fiasco. But this is no dry, desiccated account: 'Lord Crickhowell tells a story which . . . grips like a thriller . . . ' Click here for more information Price: £35.00


	Teaching Art in Wales (Book) (ISBN 0-7083-1348-5) Edited by Alan Torjussen pp 128 A4 1996, reprinted 1997 paperback Teaching Art in Wales is a unique publication, designed to support the teaching of National Curriculum art in a Welsh context. It presents work by over 100 artists, craftworkers and designers who are Welsh, practise in Wales, or have responded to Wales in some way. ' . . . a splendid package of materials . . . This package contains treasures enough to enchant and excite any child and in the hands of an enthusiastic teacher it will open young eyes to the beauty of what has been made here in Wales. Those adults interested in the Welsh visual and plastic heritage will also find much to please them in its combination of striking images and expanatory text.' (Western Mail) This teaching pack comprises three elements, all of which are available separately: Teachers' handbook; Cards and Video (available in Welsh and English). See other catalogue entries. The teachers' handbook is an essential companion to the A3 CARDS and VIDEO. It contains: Suggested activities for all twenty-four cards, aimed at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3. Background information on all the images used on the cards, including statements by the artists themselves. Sections on gallery projects, the work of gallery educators, and the work of artists in schools. Price: £25.00


Teaching Art in Wales (Video) (ISBN 0-7083-1392-2) Alan Torjussen £15.00 plus VAT Teaching Art in Wales is a unique publication, designed to support the teaching of National Curriculum art in a Welsh context. It presents work by over 100 artists, craftworkers and designers who are Welsh, practise in Wales, or have responded to Wales in some way. ' . . . a splendid package of materials . . . This package contains treasures enough to enchant and excite any child and in the hands of an enthusiastic teacher it will open young eyes to the beauty of what has been made here in Wales. Those adults interested in the Welsh visual and plastic heritage will also find much to please them in its combination of striking images and expanatory text.' (Western Mail) This teaching pack comprises three elements, all of which are available separately: Teachers' handbook; Cards and Video (available in Welsh and English). See other catalogue entries for further details. The 30-minute video for teachers is available in either Welsh or English. It includes suggested activities linked to the A3 cards. Interviews with gallery officers, artists and teachers provide interpretations of complex works of art. (See Welsh section of catalogue to order Welsh video) Price: £15.00 (Excluding: VAT at 17.5%)


	Teaching Art in Wales (Cards) (ISBN 0-7083-1390-6) Edited by Alan Torjussen We regret that the cards are out-of-print. Teaching Art in Wales is a unique publication, designed to support the teaching of National Curriculum art in a Welsh context. It presents work by over 100 artists, craftworkers and designers who are Welsh, practise in Wales, or have responded to Wales in some way. ' . . . a splendid package of materials . . . This package contains treasures enough to enchant and excite any child and in the hands of an enthusiastic teacher it will open young eyes to the beauty of what has been made here in Wales. Those adults interested in the Welsh visual and plastic heritage will also find much to please them in its combination of striking images and expanatory text.' (Western Mail) This teaching pack comprises three elements, all of which are available separately: Teachers' handbook; Cards and Video (available in Welsh and English). See other catalogue entries. This set of twenty-four A3 cards is a rich and diverse collection of images from Wales, past and present. The cards are designed for use in the classroom at all Key Stages. The cards are arranged by theme: Locality Buildings Coast Countryside Celtic Art Sculpture Castles Creatures Black and White Heritage Farmers Workers Costume Self-portrait Place Lettering Messages People Pots Stories Movement Tea Textiles Faces Price: £15.00


The Welsh Dresser (ISBN 0-7083-1139-3 ) Trefor Alan Davies Out of print An illustrated introduction to the study of the dresser and the food cupboards which perform a similar function. The author provides a brief background history, before proceeding to a more detailed discussion of the three main types of dressers found in north, south and mid Wales. The book is fully illustrated with examples, some in colour, showing the wealth of the collection at the Welsh Folk Museum as well as some important pieces in private ownership. The text, appropriately in English and in Welsh, represents the author's own views of the subject and does not necessarily conform with other writers on the subject. Click here for more information Price: £4.95