Research Catalog

Title

Visual politics : the representation of Ireland, 1750-1930 / Fintan Cullen.

Author

Cullen, Fintan.

Publication

Cork : Cork University Press, 1997.

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Details

Description

xii, 228 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subjects

• National characteristics, Irish, in art
• Nationalism and art > Ireland
• Art, Irish > History

Genre/Form

• Allegories
• Books.
• Allegories.
• Allégories.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-216) and index.

Contents

1. Artists on the Make: Irish Artists in London -- Irish Artists and the Royal Academy -- Outsiders -- Hone's The Conjuror -- James Barry -- The Education of Achilles -- Acceptability -- Shee, Mulready and Maclise -- 2. The Roles of History Painting -- The Secular and the Dynastic -- The Historical Background of Wheatley's Volunteers -- Up-to-Date History Painting -- Enter St Patrick -- A Symbol of Unity -- 3. Public and Private: Portraits of Uncertainty -- The Public Image -- Reynold's The Earl of Bellamont -- Wilkie's Daniel O'Connell -- Haverty's Daniel O'Connell -- Home's The Marquis of Wellesley -- The Private Image -- Hamilton's Richard Mansergh St George -- 4. The Peasant, Genre Painting and National Character -- How to Depict a Nation -- Generalised Readings of Ireland -- The Role of Contemporary Fiction -- Denying Difference -- The Peasant Immigrant -- Courbet and the Irishwoman -- Ireland as a Woman -- 5. Painting the Modern -- The Case for Realism -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 185918023X
• 9781859180235

LCCN

97149366

OCLC

• ocm38139500
• 38139500
• SCSB-9030291

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library