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OverviewIn 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. The author argues that the Bible had a strong influence on the visual idiolect of Nonconformists during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and that it permeated their perception, interpretation and representation of life. This is perhaps most apparent in the imagery of hymns and sermon illustrations and in the vocabulary and phraseology of preachers, but its effect on Welsh visual culture was also profound and far-reaching and affected both the mode and idiom of religious visions as well as the exterior and interior features of the chapel. John Harvey explores his subject with particular reference to the intertwined concepts of religion and mining in the south Wales coalfields. He examines the tradition of biblical identity and fusion as manifest in the visionary experiences of miners and their families since the 1904 revival: the architectural similarities between chapels, collieries and Old Testament places of worship, and sermon illustrations which derived spiritual meanings and lessons from the harsh realities of coal-mining. Latterly, this tradition is evident in the paintings of Nicholas Evans. Arguably, this principle of visualization whereby heavenly realities are clothed in tangible earthly garb, constitutes one of the most distinctive manifestations of Welsh visual culture. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John HarveyPublisher: University of Wales Press Imprint: University of Wales Press Edition: illustrated edition Dimensions: Width: 18.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.60cm ISBN: 9780708314753ISBN 10: 0708314759 Pages: 220 Publication Date: 18 June 1999 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews'It is a work of considerable and varied scholarship, carefully constructed, and...beautifully produced by the University of Wales Press...we are constantly confronted in his work with unexpected insights and unfamiliar material. There is much here for which to be grateful, much which deserves to be pondered.' Planet Author InformationJohn Harvey is Professor or Art and Head of the School of Art at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is author of The Art of Piety: the visual culture of Welsh Nonconformity. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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