Author: Bruce Arnold
Publisher:
Published: 1989-09-01
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780500201480
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Irish art of the early Christian era is justly celebrated. So, too, are the individual contributions of artists such as Jack B. Yeats. What is perhaps less widely accepted is the existence of a continuing and developing tradition of Irish art from the earliest times to the present day. Bruce Arnold traces the complex evolution of Irish art through three millennia, showing how it has drawn on Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Norman, Mediterranean and other diverse sources. As the story unfolds, Arnold repatriates Irish artists who are frequently regarded as 'English'--including William Mulready, Daniel Maclise and James Barry--and shows how Irish painting and sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, metalwork and architecture together form a rich and distinctive cultural heritage.
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 0870991647
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John Gibney
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2018-01-09
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 0300231474
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the dawn of the twenty-first century. Five centuries of Irish history are explored in this informative and accessible volume. Beginning with Ireland’s modern period at the dawn of the sixteenth century, John Gibney continues through to virtually the present day, offering an integrated overview of the island nation’s cultural, political, and socioeconomic evolution. This succinct, scholarly study covers important historical events, including the Cromwellian conquest and settlement, the Great Famine, and the struggle for Irish independence. Along the way, it explores major themes such as Ireland’s often contentious relationship with Britain, the impact of the Protestant Reformation, the ongoing religious tensions it inspired, and the global reach of the Irish diaspora. This unique, wide-ranging work assimilates the most recent scholarship on a wide range of historical controversies, making it an essential addition to the library of any student of Irish studies.
Author: Leslie Carola
Publisher: Hugh Lauter Levin Assc
Published: 1995-03-01
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780883637012
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: S. B. Kennedy
Publisher: Gill
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book introduces 15 of Ireland's most interesting painters and reproduces a selection of their work.
Author: Richard Killeen
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Published: 2007-04-10
Total Pages: 111
ISBN-13: 0717163717
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The years of the Irish revolution were the crucible of modern Ireland. Richard Killeen's authoritative survey of the period is an ideal introduction to this tumultuous time. The Irish revolution began with the Ulster crisis of 1912 followed by the Irish Nationalist Party securing the passage of the Home Rule Act in 1914. By then, however, the Great War had broken out: the Act was suspended for the duration of the war, with the violent Ulster opposition to it still unresolved. But the war changed everything. Over thirty thousand Irish troops died. A radical nationalist minority rebelled against British rule at Easter 1916, an event that established itself as the foundation date of a new, more assertive nationalism. In 1918 Sinn Féin supplanted the old Nationalist party and formed its own assembly in Dublin. At the same time the IRA began an armed campaign against British Rule. By 1922, Britain had withdrawn from twenty-six of the thirty-two counties of Ireland which now constituted the Irish Free State. The Ulster problem had, however, never been resolved. The result was partition and the establishment of two states on the island — something unthinkable fifteen years earlier. A Short History of the Irish Revolution, 1912 to 1927: Table of Contents - Ulster Crisis - Nationalism Before 1916> - The Rising and the War - From the Rising to Partition - Partition and the Treaty - Two States
Author: Theo Snoddy
Publisher: Merlin Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 776
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This comprehensive, major reference work contains entries for some 500 artists including Paul Henry, Evie Hone, Mainie Jellett, Sir John Lavery, Sir William Orpen, Jack B. Yeats & his father, John Butler Yeats.
Author: Matthew Hart
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2004-05-01
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 0802714269
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Meticulously researched, clearly written, completely engrossing . . . the work of a talented author." --"Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel"