A Picture of a Country: Illustrated Travel Accounts by Continental Europeans

Rita Singer

Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadleddPapuradolygiad gan gymheiriaid

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For centuries, continental Europeans have come to Wales for numerous reasons. During the Romantic period some came seeking a rural idyll, whilst others in the Victorian era travelled as industrial spies; and during times of war many refugees escaped to Wales to find shelter from persecution. Not only have continental Europeans left their traces among the people of Wales settling here but they have also written extensively about their experience in diaries, letters, books and magazines or, more recently, in blogs on the internet. Similarly, professional artists have been inspired by the Welsh landscape and industrial towns and have produced a myriad of images in the shape of quick sketches, paintings or photographs. This talk outlines the development of illustrated travel accounts by travellers from mainland Europe since the late eighteenth century. Not only do these accounts reflect artistic and technological trends in representing Wales to a foreign audience, but they also indicate the travel of ideas and aesthetic concepts through time and place.
Iaith wreiddiolSaesneg
StatwsCyhoeddwyd - 02 Ebr 2016
Cyhoeddwyd yn allanolIe
DigwyddiadWales and the World: Re-Framing the Literature of Wales in an International Context: The Twenty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Association for Welsh Writing in English - Gregynog Hall, Newtown, Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon
Hyd: 01 Ebr 201603 Ebr 2016
https://www.awwe.org/conference-2016.html

Cynhadledd

CynhadleddWales and the World: Re-Framing the Literature of Wales in an International Context
Teitl crynoAWWE16
Gwlad/TiriogaethTeyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon
DinasNewtown
Cyfnod01 Ebr 201603 Ebr 2016
Cyfeiriad rhyngrwyd

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