Visual politics : the representation of Ireland 1750-1930 / Fintan Cullen.
By: Cullen, Fintan
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BookPublisher: Cork : Cork University Press, 1997Description: xii, 228 p. : ill ; 26 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 185918023X.Subject(s): Art and history | History in art | Painting, Irish | National characteristics, Irish, in artDDC classification: 759.2915 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 759.2915 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00077443 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 759.2915 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00072617 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Visual Politics examines the development of Irish subject matter in painting from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century. A close examination of individual paintings and works of art by both Irish and non-Irish artists defines the structure of the book which is a closely argued series of thematically-based chapters, exploring how Ireland has been represented visually. The focus is on the interaction of art and politics. Well known artists such as James Barry and David Wilkie feature, but more in the context of how they referred to Ireland in their work than in terms of an overall assessment of their oeuvre."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-208) and index.
Bibliography: (pages 209-216).
Introduction -- Artists on the Make: Irish Artists in London -- The roles of history painting -- Public and Private: Portraits of Uncertainty -- The peasant, genre painting and national character -- Painting the modern.