© Jennie Anderson
Here's the final version of the information poster I designed, giving information about Maud de Braose's life & actions during the siege & Battle of Painscastle in 1198, and her subsequent demonisation in Welsh folklore. I wanted to show the contrast in how a historical figure can be perceived, based on differently-biased historical accounts; in this case the Anglo-Norman chronicle record vs. the Welsh folktale tradition. I've used different visual languages to depict the two different natures of 'evidence' about her; the blue 'graphic-style' images depict the folk story, and the more traditional style gouache paintings show the events recorded by Norman chroniclers.
I was really happy with this piece, so much so, that I did a version in Welsh too! Big thanks to Catrin Evans for doing the translation work for me.
1 people made conversation:
Hello, is this poster available? I'm searching genealogy info, and I'm a descendant of Maud's. It was fun finding this. Thanks!
brimhall.karen @ gmail.com
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