Ireland's Art, Ireland's History by Sghle Bhreathnachlynch

Ireland's Art, Ireland's History by Sghle Bhreathnachlynch

Until recently little attention was paid to the role of art in constructing the storyof theIrish nation. This wide-ranging study of Irish pictures and sculpture opens up the subject byproviding a fresh interdisciplinary approach. Each work is analyzed beyond its strictly arthistorical relevance. A deeper investigation into the context in which a work was producedreveals much about the aspirations and ideological ambitions of artists, those commissioningworks, and the viewing public. The study of such diverse topics as the representation of theIrish peasant, the behind-the-scenes tensions in setting up a national gallery for Ireland, theerecting of political monuments, Church art, West of Ireland landscape painting, and the differencein nationalistic fervor among artists as diverse as Albert G. Power and Jack B. Yeats unveilfascinating testimony about Ireland's collective national needsand its constructs of identity.

Relates the story of Ireland and the Irish people from the mid-1800s on by placing their art in historical and cultural context* -Bookweek *

S�GHLE BHREATHNACH-LYNCH is Curator of Irish Art and the National Gallery in Ireland, Dublin, where she lives. A prolific art critic whose writings have appeared in leading Irish and British media, her other books include, Art, Nation and Gender: Ethnic Landscapes, Myths and Mother-figures (Ashgate).

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ISBN 13	9781881871514
ISBN 10	1881871517
Title	Ireland's Art, Ireland's History
Author	Sghle Bhreathnachlynch
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Creighton University,U.S.
Year published	2007-10-15
Number of pages	304
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