Art and Architecture of Ireland: Volume 3: Sculpture 1600–2000

This title provides an authoritative and fully illustrated account of the art and architecture of Ireland from the early Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century. Each volume has its own expert editor or editorial team and covers a specific area or chronological period. More than 250 scholars from around the world, who represent a broad range of disciplines, contribute texts that range from thematic and general to articles on techniques and historical developments, biographical entries, bibliographies, lists of artists, and comprehensive indexes. Historical documentation combines with the best of current scholarship to make this the most comprehensive and ambitious undertaking of its kind. The volumes will explore all aspects of Irish art and architecture - from high crosses to installation art, from Georgian houses to illuminated manuscripts, from watercolours and sculptures to photographs, oil paintings, video art and tapestries. This monumental work provides new insight into every facet of the strength, depth and variety of Ireland's artistic and architectural heritage. FRONT COVER FRONTISPIECE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF IRELAND COPYRIGHT FOREWARD GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CONTRIBUTORS ABBREVIATIONS CHRONOLOGY EDITOR’S PREFACE 1. INTRODUCTION: IRISH SCULPTURE SINCE 1600 The Narrative The Practice The Literature 2. SCULPTORS AT WORK 3. BIOGRAPHIES A C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W 4. SCULPTORS AT WORK 5. THEMATIC ESSAYS Architectural Sculpture Architecture (Irish Georgian) and Sculpture Arts and Crafts Sculpture Celtic Cross Celtic Revival Sculpture Ceramic Sculpture Church Monuments Churchyard and Cemetery Sculpture Classicisms Coins and Coinage Collecting Sculpture: Private Collecting Sculpture: Public Community Arts Competition Destruction and Loss Ecclesiastical Sculpture Education of Sculptors Éire/Hibernia Exhibitions Famine Memorial Sculpture Foreign Sculptors and their Work in Ireland Garden Sculpture Great Exhibitions: Sculpture Installation Art Institute of the Sculptors of Ireland Irish-American Sculptors Leitrim Sculpture Centre Lettering and Inscriptions National Sculpture Factory Nationalist Memorial Sculpture Nude Painter/Sculptors Performance Art Portrait Sculpture Public Sculpture Saint Patrick Sculptors’ Society of Ireland Sculpture as Situation Sculpture in Context Sculpture in the Parklands Statuaries and Plaster Shops in Eighteenth-Century Dublin Stucco: Baroque and Rococo Stuccowork in Ireland, 1685–1775 Temporary Art Time-based Art War Memorials Wayside Monuments Wood Carving 6. IRISH SCULPTURE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY APPENDIXES Appendix 1 Appendix 2 GLOSSARY SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS REAR COVER ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF IRELAND is an authoritative and fully illustrated survey that encompasses the period from the early Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century. The five volumes explore all aspects of Irish art from high crosses to installation art, from illuminated manuscripts to Georgian houses and Modernist churches, from tapestries and sculptures to oil paintings, photographs and video art. This monumental project provides new insights into every facet of the strength, depth and variety of Irelandsartistic and architectural heritage. SCULPTURE 1600-2000 Irish sculptors have made a significant contribution to the development of their art form both within and outside Ireland. This volume affords the unique opportunity to explore four centuries of their work. Biographies of individual artists and analytical assessments are augmented by a series of thematic essays establishing a context for the practice of sculpture throughout the country north and south. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in association with the Royal Irish Academy ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF IRELAND is an authoritative and fully illustrated survey that encompasses the period from the early Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century. The five volumes explore all aspects of Irish art – from high crosses to installation art, from illuminated manuscripts to Georgian houses and Modernist churches, from tapestries and sculptures to oil paintings, photographs and video art. This monumental project provides new insights into every facet of the strength, depth and variety of Ireland’s artistic and architectural heritage. SCULPTURE 1600-2000 Irish sculptors have made a significant contribution to the development of their art form both within and outside Ireland. This volume affords the unique opportunity to explore four centuries of their work. Biographies of individual artists and analytical assessments are augmented by a series of thematic essays establishing a context for the practice of sculpture throughout the country north and south. Offers an illustrated account of the art and architecture of Ireland from the early Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century. This title explores all aspects of Irish art and architecture - from high crosses to installation art, from Georgian houses to illuminated manuscripts, and from watercolours to photographs, oil paintings, and tapestries.