Author: ARNOLD, BRUCE
Title: Irish art : a concise history
Description: New York : Thames and Hudson 1995. Fourth Edition. Fine copy in the original color-printed. stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Series; World of art. Edition; Revised edition. Physical description; 180 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm. Notes; Includes index. Bibliography: p. 175-176. Summary; Bruce Arnold traces the complex evolution of Irish art through three millennia. showing how it has drawn on Celtic. Anglo-Saxon. Norman and Mediterranean sources. The author repatriates Irish artists who are frequently regarded as 'English'--including William Mulready. Daniel Maclise and James Barry-- and explores how Irish paintings and sculpture. illuminated manuscripts. metalwork and architecture together form a rich and distinctive cultural heritage. 179 illus. 20 in color. Subjects; Art. Irish. Art - Ireland - History. Art. Irish - History. Irish visual arts. to 1976. History of art / art & design styles. Ireland. Art / History / General. Art / Criticism & Theory. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. ISBN: 050020148X. Weight in Kg appr.:

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