Overview

This companion contains new and innovative writing on Irish art and its history, from c. 1800 to the present day. This book critically engages with Irish art in a period linked to key events in Irish history, beginning with the Acts of Union between Britain and Ireland (1800–01)) and the significant social and cultural changes that resulted. The book also provides a precedent for a focus on the significance of art in relation to other subsequent key historical events such as the early twentieth‑century struggles for independence or the role of political conflict in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s onwards and its aftermath. Key themes covered include tradition and innovation; upheavals of history; place, location, and artistic formations; Irish art and the wider world; and embodiment and identity. The book expands the critical discourse around Irish art over this period, both within Ireland and beyond, and encourages the potential for future scholarship in fields and periods not covered. This book will be of interest to scholars and students working in art history, Irish studies, and colonial studies.

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9781032434933

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Reviews

""The Routledge Companion to Irish Art focuses on over 200 years of Irish visual culture, from the Act of Union to the present day. Arranged thematically, it provides new contextual, critical and theoretical insights. The 44 essays feature present new research by academics, curators and artists. This impressive compendium is organised across five sections: Tradition, innovation and the discourses of art; Art and the upheavals of history; Visualities; Art and the wider world: empire diaspora and the postcolonial; and Embodiment and identity. The essays span regional, national and transnational issues within the ever broadening discipline of visual culture."" -- Niamh O’Sullivan, National College of Art and Design, Dublin

Author Information

Fionna Barber is Reader in Art History, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Fintan Cullen is Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of Nottingham, UK.

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