Art in Ireland since 1910 / Fionna Barber.
2013
N6789 .B37 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
Art in Ireland since 1910 / Fionna Barber.
ISBN
9781780230368 hardcover
1780230362 hardcover
1780230362 hardcover
Published
London : Reaktion Books, 2013.
Language
English
Description
318 pages : illlustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Call Number
N6789 .B37 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
709.4150904
Summary
"Art in Ireland since 1910 is the first book to examine Irish art from the early twentieth century to the present day. In this highly illustrated volume Fionna Barber looks at the work of a wide range of artists from Yeats and le Brocquy to Cross and Doherty, many of whom are unfamiliar to audiences outside Ireland. She also casts new light on Francis Bacon and other figures central to British art, assessing the significance of their Irishness to an understanding of their work. From the rugged peasantry of the Gaelic Revival to an increasing diversification of art practice towards the end of the century, Art in Ireland since 1910 tracks the work of artists that emerged and developed within a context of a range of very different social and political forces: not just the conflict in the North, but the emergence of feminism and migration as two of the factors that contributed to the unravelling of entrenched concepts of Irish identity. Barber looks at the theme of diaspora in the work of Irish artists working in Britain during and after the 1950s, investigating issues similar to those facing artists from other former British colonies, from India to the Caribbean. She chronicles a period that culminated with art practice and the sense of Ireland as a nation that would have been unrecognizable to its people a hundred years before. Richly illustrated, Art in Ireland since 1910 is essential reading for anyone interested in modern art, Irish Studies and the history of Ireland in general."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-304) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction : The Ghost ship, nation and modernity
Ethnicity, revolution and the modern, c. 1910-1918
Modernity and independence
The West, the South and the North : art in Ireland since the 1930s
War, its aftermath and the visual, 1939-1947
The significance of the overlooked
Irish art and diaspora in the 1950s
Modernization and its consequences : the 1960s
The conflict in the North and Irish art, 1968-1979
Postmodern and Ireland
The unravelling nation, 1990-1998
After the end of progress.
Ethnicity, revolution and the modern, c. 1910-1918
Modernity and independence
The West, the South and the North : art in Ireland since the 1930s
War, its aftermath and the visual, 1939-1947
The significance of the overlooked
Irish art and diaspora in the 1950s
Modernization and its consequences : the 1960s
The conflict in the North and Irish art, 1968-1979
Postmodern and Ireland
The unravelling nation, 1990-1998
After the end of progress.