Irish Art
A Concise History
Bruce Arnold
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| 'Fulfils a unique role by presenting us with so thorough a discourse and so rewarding a view of this most neglected but most important aspect of our culture' | | – The Irish Press |
| 'Mr Arnold's enthusiasm pleasantly reminds the stranger in Ireland that there is more to be seen than the natural beauty of the tourist advertisements, and his scholarship should prove a more stimulating companion than many a conventional guide' | | – William Trevor |
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, AngloSaxon, 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.
Also of interest:
The Irish World: The History and Cultural Achievements of
the Irish People
The Golden Age of Irish Art: The Medieval Achievement, 600-1200
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of British Art |
|  |  | | | | Revised Edition | | ISBN 050020148X | | ISBN-13 978-0500201480 | | | | 21.0 x 14.9 cm | | Paperback | | 180pp | | 179 illustrations, 20 in colour | | First published 1977 | | | | £7.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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