Reading Figure in Irish Art in the Long Nineteenth Century

This book examines Irish portraits during the long nineteenth century in which figures read or hold a book. Reading fiction was cast as unmanly, while 'silent reading' allowed women of means to read widely and privately. Portraits of such women helped construct the idea of the 'New Woman' in Ireland.

Info autore

Tricia Cusack taught at the University of Birmingham, Cardiff Metropolitan University, and the Open University. Her research focuses on how visual art embodies ideas about social, cultural, and national identities.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Patricia Cusack, Tricia Cusack
• Editore: Anthem Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781785276446
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-644-6
• Pagine: 188
• Serie: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series; Anthem Nineteenth-Century
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte; ART / Subjects & Themes / Portraits, ART / History / General, ART / Women Artists, History of Art, Individual artists, art monographs, Gender studies: women and girls, Portraits in art, Portraits and self-portraiture in the arts, Anglo-Irish Protestants; physical and intellectual power