[sotd] Enchanting Ruin [August 30, 2012]

From: "Site of the Day" <amholm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:56:45 -0300
        Site of the Day for Thursday, August 30, 2012

        Enchanting Ruin: Tintern Abbey and Romantic Tourism in Wales

Today's site, from the University of Michigan Library, offers a lyrical
exhibition on one of the preeminent symbols of the English Romantic period
-- Tintern Abbey. Gentle Subscribers will discover a fascinating and
comprehensive perspective of this venerable structure as a focal point for
tourists for more than two hundred years.

"Tintern Abbey in Monmouthshire, Wales has an iconic status within Romantic
literature and art. It is also the most popular weekend destination in
Britain today. ... Tintern Abbey and Romantic Tourism in Wales is about
continuity. ... This exhibit recovers the richness and complexity of the
Abbey as a place, destination, and symbol in the late eighteenth and early
nineteenth centuries. Wordsworth is present here as one witness among many
.." - from the website

This superbly designed and expansive exhibit is divided into sections whose
titles, drawn from the famous Wordsworth poem, provide their own emotive
descriptions. Beginning with contemporary images of Tintern Abbey and its
environs and moving on to the historical industry of the region, the
exhibit features the 18th century tourists who recorded their impressions
of this Romantic ruin. One of the more curious highlights is the work of
current day artist Alex McKay and the antiquarian optical device -- the
Claude Mirror -- he constructed to recreate18th century images. With
informative essays, picture galleries, topical 18th century books, and
background information on the Abbey itself, the exhibit shines as a
consummate examination of Tintern Abbey's power to move and affect.

Waft over to the exhibit for a stellar presentation on Tintern Abbey's
ongoing hold on popular culture at:

http://www.lib.umich.edu/enchanting-ruin-tintern-abbey-romantic-tourism-wale
s/introduction.html

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your browser or use this TinyURL:

http://tinyurl.com/9djdftn

  A.M. Holm
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