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Cardiff Castle and the Marquesses of Bute
Cardiff Castle is a major Roman, Norman and medieval survival, but what sets it apart is its extraordinary redevelopment during the 18th and 19th centuries, culminating in the extraordinary fairytale gothic revival extravagances we see today. In this sumptuous illustrated study of the past 250 years of its history, the Castle's curator celebrates this reinvention that was led by several generations of the wealthy Bute family. 18th-century building and landscape work by the renowned landscape designer \"Capability\" Brown and the architect Henry Holland was followed by William Burges' fantastical transformations in the 19th century, together creating what is now one of the most iconic and popular buildings in Wales. Architectural historian Matthew Williams has been the Historian and Curator of Cardiff Castle since 1990.
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Jewels in the Seams of Cardiff Castle: William Burges’s Arab Room and Transcultural Citations of Norman Sicily
William Burges's late nineteenth-century designs for the Arab Room at Cardiff Castle are based on the Cappella Palatina, built during the reign of the Norman King of Sicily, Roger II (1095-1154). In the twelfth century Sicily was home to Muslim, Jewish, Latin Christian, and Greek Christian communities. Seven centuries later, in multi-ethnic Cardiff, Burges replicated the aesthetic possibilities of iconographic polyvalence in a polycultural and multi-ethnic society not dissimilar to the tessellated communities of Norman Sicily. Where previous studies of Burges's Arab Room were contented with the homogeneous label 'Arab' to describe the source material for his designs, this article is an important contribution to the study of transcultural networks of pleasured aesthetic exchange across spatial and temporal zones and within heterogeneous communities.
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Swinburne and Burges: Contact, Networks, Contexts
This article establishes some key points of contact between William Burges (1827-1881), called 'the only Pre-Raphaelite architect', and Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909), an intimate of the Pre-Raphaelite circle and often referred to as a Pre-Raphaelite poet for some of his verse produced during the 1860s, though later seen as a foundational literary figure for Victorian Aestheticism and Decadence. The first to examine the relationship between these major contributors to the Victorian arts, this article breaks new ground as it documents and considers their recorded meetings and indicates their shared characteristics and mutual interests. It also adds valuable context by situating both men within their wider networks and cultural circles, and indicating their links to events and trends of their time.
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CITY GUIDE CARDIFF SEVEN HAS TEAMED UP WITH NESCAF COLLECTION TO BRING YOU THE BEST OF CARDIFF IN APRIL. FROM DOCTOR WHO TO ALICE - PLUS PHOTOGRAPHY, ACROBATICS AND POETRY
Doctor Who, the world's longest-running sci-fi series, is shot nearby in the studios and streets of Cardiff. This exhibition introduces you to Cybermen, Ice Warriors and Daleks; displays the Time Lord's costumes and props; and shows you how to get to spots around Cardiff that feature in the show. The land of many a worthy wordsmith - Hedd Wyn, Dylan Thomas and Henry Vaughan among them - Wales is hailed as a nation of poets. For proof, check out this year's BayLit festival, whose highlights include Andrew Motion (Poet Laureate) and Gwyn Thomas (National Poet for Wales) in conversation about being a bard. Creepy [Cardiff Castle Garrison] Ghost tour Discover the city's supernatural secrets, with stories of dragons, dead monks, Cardiff Castle's ghosts and the Welsh folk-hero Dic Penderyn, who was unjustly hanged in the 1850s yet can still be heard on windy days crying 'I'm innocent'; 07980 975135
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