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Visual Culture of Religion I: chapels in Wales 1696​-​1918 (module)

by John Harvey

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The Protestant Reformation of Church Architecture (part 1) 24:43
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The Protestant Reformation of Church Architecture (part 2) 27:46
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After the Fire: Wren's Parish Churches after 1675, and their Relation to Nonconformist Chapels (part 1) 22:42
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After the Fire: Wren's Parish Churches after 1675, and their Relation to Nonconformist Chapels (part 2) 26:39
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'Between Magnificence and Meanness': The Theological Significance of the Meeting-House and Early Chapels (part 1) 24:42
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'Between Magnificence and Meanness': The Theological Significance of the Meeting-House and Early Chapels (part 2) 24:46
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'After the Pattern God had shown them': Biblical Connotations of the Classical-Styled Chapel 51:03
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Writing on the Walls: Word-orientated Elaborations of the Victorian Chapel Interior 49:37

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The module combines a study of the historical development of the chapel from a humble vernacular building into, what some architectural historians consider, the 'national architecture' of Wales. The study combines a survey of the general development of chapel styles with an in-depth examination of particular regions, edifices, and architects in Wales, as well as aspects of visual culture informed by chapel culture. Students are, in this way, introduced to the most recent research on the subject. The module argues that the visual character of the Nonconformist meeting-house and chapel was influenced by a complex of interrelated factors besides vernacular building methods and materials, prevailing architectural styles and tastes, such as the congregations’ visual sensibility, practical expedience, theological restrictions, liturgical requirements, economics, social structure, indigenous and prevailing culture, and national, geographical, and historical contexts.

Further information about this module is available at: johnharvey.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/VCR1-Chapels-in-WalesCurriculum.pdf

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released May 7, 2021

Personnel: John Harvey.

Context: The lectures represent some of my contributions to this module. The other contributors were staff from the Royal Commission of the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. The module ran from 2009 to 2015, biennially, at the School of Art, Aberystwyth University, UK.

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John Harvey Aberystwyth, UK

I’m a practitioner and historian of sound art and visual art, and Emeritus Professor of Art at the School of Art, Aberystwyth University, UK. My research field is the sonic and visual culture of religion. I explore the sonic articulations of the Christian religion by engaging visual, textual, and audible sources, theological and cultural ideas, and systemic and audiovisualogical processes. ... more

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