{"product_id":"irelands-art-irelands-history-representing-ireland-1845-to-present-paperback","title":"Ireland's Art, Ireland's History: Representing Ireland, 1845 to Present - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSíghle Bhreathnach-Lynch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil recently little attention was paid to the role of art in constructing the \"story\" of the\u003cbr\u003eIrish nation. This wide-ranging study of Irish pictures and sculpture opens up the subject by\u003cbr\u003eproviding a fresh interdisciplinary approach. Each work is analyzed beyond its strictly art\u003cbr\u003ehistorical relevance. A deeper investigation into the context in which a work was produced\u003cbr\u003ereveals much about the aspirations and ideological ambitions of artists, those commissioning\u003cbr\u003eworks, and the viewing public. The study of such diverse topics as the representation of the\u003cbr\u003eIrish peasant, the behind-the-scenes tensions in setting up a national gallery for Ireland, the\u003cbr\u003eerecting of political monuments, Church art, West of Ireland landscape painting, and the difference\u003cbr\u003ein nationalistic fervor among artists as diverse as Albert G. Power and Jack B. Yeats unveil\u003cbr\u003efascinating testimony about Ireland's collective national \"needs\" and its constructs of identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSÖGHLE BHREATHNACH-LYNCH\u003c\/strong\u003e 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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9.87 x 7.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42165600649351,"sku":"9781881871514","price":48.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/79c299dc4eaa1461959ccd9adda78bb4.webp?v=1733314834","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/irelands-art-irelands-history-representing-ireland-1845-to-present-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}