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Stained Glass from Welsh Churches

Y Lolfa

Stained Glass from Welsh Churches

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Author: Martin Crampin

ISBN: 9781847718259
Publication Date: 05 June 2014
Publisher: Y Lolfa, Tal-y-bont
Format: Hardback, 267x217 mm, 352 pages
Language: English

This fully illustrated book brings together over six years of research and an archive of thousands of high-quality photographs, to produce a detailed narrative outlining the range and development of stained glass in Wales from the 14th century up to the present day.

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Long-awaited study of stained glass from Welsh churches published in new book

Stained glass can be found in churches across the whole of Wales, furnishing their interiors with colour and imagery. Although these works of surprising beauty are well-loved by their congregations and local communities, little is known beyond their parish boundaries – until now.

Martin Crampin, author of a brand new and fully illustrated volume called Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Y Lolfa), is the first to publish a study of stained glass across the whole of Wales.

Martin Crampin joined the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies in Aberystwyth in 1999, where he worked on the Visual Culture of Wales and Imaging the Bible in Wales research projects. He has continued to research stained glass, and produced the online Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, which was launched in 2011.

The hardback volume takes the reader on a journey across 700 years of Welsh history to churches and chapels in city centres, outer suburbs, towns, villages, the coast and the rural countryside of Wales. From the tantalising remains of a vibrant medieval art, to the vast output of the Victorian stained glass firms, the care and commitment of the artists of the Arts and Crafts Movement, and the innovation of the artists pioneering a new visual language of architectural glass in recent years, the book provides a stunning introduction to a medium that is poorly understood, seldom celebrated, but often admired.

Martin Crampin joined the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies in Aberystwyth in 1999, where he worked on the Visual Culture of Wales and Imaging the Bible in Wales research projects. He has continued to research stained glass, and produced the online Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, which was launched in 2011.