8 Thomas Davis , National Art , and ' Hints for Irish Historical Paintings ' 1843 , quoted in Sources in Irish Art : A Reader , ed . Fintan Cullen , Cork : Cork University Press , 2000 , p . 67 . 9 Ibid . , p . 70-73 .
Discover Irish Art at the National Gallery of Ireland: A Reference Book on Irish Art
Through the study of such images, the essays in this volume cast new light on the significance of gender in the construction of nationalist ideology and the constitution of the nation-state.
Until recently little attention was paid to the role of art in constructing the "story" of theIrish nation. This wide-ranging study of Irish pictures and sculpture opens up the subject...
His political commissions from 1922 onward reveal the new State’s desire for a national political and cultural identity, and in this book Power’s sculpture is explored both at the time of its production and within the broader context of ...
This book includes some of Ireland's most popular talents, such as Paul Henry, Harry Clarke and Jack B. Yeats. All of the works are in public collections and available to view throughout the country.