Artisan Art - Vernacular wall paintings in the Welsh Marches, 1550-1650

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Yn niwedd yr unfed ganrif ar bymtheg ac yn ystod degawd cyntaf yr ail ganrif ar bymtheg, roedd y rhan fwyaf o deuluoedd, hyd yn oed y rhai llai cefnog, yn meddu ar addurniadau megis murluniau yn eu cartrefi.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

In the late sixteenth century and first decade or so of the seventeenth century, most households, even those of limited means, had painted decoration in their homes, in the form of wall paintings.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Kathryn Davies works as an independent consultant for planning and historic environment issues, including work for Historic England, historic buildings advice, conservation area work and advising on wall paintings.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

This short-lived but widespread phenomenon offers rare insights into the lives of ordinary people, the visual culture of the time, the nature of art and design in the domestic context, and the messages that house owners wished to communicate through the commissioning and displaying of wall paintings. This book considers the types of decoration found in domestic wall paintings, the materials used, the local craftsmen likely to have done the paintings and the costs involved. Using extensive research, wall paintings are explored through reference to probate inventories, craftsmen with painting skills, painting techniques, materials and pigments and design sources. A detailed gazetteer includes photographs of the paintings, and places them in their building context. Since this book was first published in 2008, further research has taken place, including into the role of wall paintings in everyday life and the families who commissioned them, revealing more about their significance. Many more wall paintings have been discovered throughout the Welsh Marches and these are included in the gazetteer.