Painting Dublin, 18861949 - Visualising a Changing City

This book explores artists' visualisations of Dublin during a key period of the city's political and social history. Based on close and contextual readings of original paintings and prints, along with new archival research, it shows how artists in Ireland creatively responded to the urban environment where they lived and worked.

About the author

Kathryn Milligan is an art historian specialising in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Irish art

Summary

This book explores artists’ visualisations of Dublin during a key period of the city’s political and social history. Based on close and contextual readings of original paintings and prints, along with new archival research, it shows how artists in Ireland creatively responded to the urban environment where they lived and worked. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Kathryn Milligan, Milligan Kathryn
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781526161185
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6118-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / Subjects & Themes / General, 20th Century, ART / History / General, ART / European, Ireland, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Man-made objects depicted in art (cityscapes, machines, etc), Man-made objects depicted in art