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Until recently little attention was paid to the role of art in constructing the “story” of the
Irish nation. This wide-ranging study of Irish pictures and sculpture opens up the subject by
providing a fresh interdisciplinary approach. Each work is analyzed beyond its strictly art
historical relevance. A deeper investigation into the context in which a work was produced
reveals much about the aspirations and ideological ambitions of artists, those commissioning
works, and the viewing public. The study of such diverse topics as the representation of the
Irish peasant, the behind-the-scenes tensions in setting up a national gallery for Ireland, the
erecting of political monuments, Church art, West of Ireland landscape painting, and the difference
in nationalistic fervor among artists as diverse as Albert G. Power and Jack B. Yeats unveil
fascinating testimony about Ireland’s collective national “needs” and its constructs of identity.



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

Ireland's Art, Ireland's History: Representing

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      Publisher: Creighton University,U.S.
      Publication Date: 15/10/2007
      ISBN13: 9781881871514, 978-1881871514
      ISBN10: 1881871517
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Until recently little attention was paid to the role of art in constructing the “story” of the
      Irish nation. This wide-ranging study of Irish pictures and sculpture opens up the subject by
      providing a fresh interdisciplinary approach. Each work is analyzed beyond its strictly art
      historical relevance. A deeper investigation into the context in which a work was produced
      reveals much about the aspirations and ideological ambitions of artists, those commissioning
      works, and the viewing public. The study of such diverse topics as the representation of the
      Irish peasant, the behind-the-scenes tensions in setting up a national gallery for Ireland, the
      erecting of political monuments, Church art, West of Ireland landscape painting, and the difference
      in nationalistic fervor among artists as diverse as Albert G. Power and Jack B. Yeats unveil
      fascinating testimony about Ireland’s collective national “needs” and its constructs of identity.



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

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