Exploring Linocut art's inspiration from medieval stories and the narrative synthesis between text and image, the chapter discusses the historical significance of illustrations in manuscripts. Delving into the social nature of storytelling and the effectiveness of visual narratives in the Middle Ages, the conversation challenges perceptions around listening to audiobooks and highlights the unique relationship between text and image during that time period.
How can we return to a richer, more complex understanding of national identity and personal ethics - one that can only come from folklore?
Amy Jeffs is the perfect person to ask. An art historian and printmaker, she creates immersive retellings of ancient stories, beautifully illustrated with her own woodcuts and etchings. In this week’s episode of How We Live Now, we discuss the function and appeal of folklore, and roam around the wind-blasted landscapes of Medieval Britain. We get a glimpse of the British Isles through ancient eyes - a haunted place stranded on the far edge of Europe, isolated and vulnerable, but full of courageous, hardy folk. What can these tales tell us about who we are now? And how can we restore this agile way of understanding the world?
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