Art History At the Crossroads of Ireland and the United States

Taking the visual arts as its focus, this anthology explores aspects of cultural exchange between Ireland and the United States. Art historians from both sides of the Atlantic examine the work of artists, art critics and art promoters.

Sommario

Introduction, 1. Desperate and Glorious: John Mulvany’s Custer’s Last Rally, 2. ‘An American and Not an Irish statue’: Commemorating Naval Hero Commodore John Barry, 3. Some thoughts on Arthur Kingsley Porter and Françoise Henry as Transcultural Pioneers of Early Irish Medieval Art, 4. Irish Art at the Armory Show, 1913, 5. Seeing New York: Jack Butler Yeats and the American City, 6. 'This New Life of Painting': Morris Graves in Ireland, 1954–64, 7. Ireland’s ‘Strayed Angel’: George W. Russell (AE) – From Dublin to New York, 1904–1934, 8. Dorothea Lange in Ireland: Anthropology and Image, 9. Sean Scully: Painting a Global Immigrant’s Vision, 10. Transnational Solidarity: African American and Irish Intersections in Public Art Commemorating Frederick Douglass, 11. Kathy Prendergast: Transcultural Cartography, 12. Uncommon Kinships: The Generous Reciprocity of the Choctaw Nation and Ireland

Info autore

Cynthia Fowler is Professor of Art at Emmanuel College, Boston.
Paula Murphy is Professor Emerita at the School of Art History and Cultural Policy at University College Dublin.

Riassunto

Taking the visual arts as its focus, this anthology explores aspects of cultural exchange between Ireland and the United States. Art historians from both sides of the Atlantic examine the work of artists, art critics and art promoters.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Cynthia Murphy Fowler
• Con la collaborazione di: Cynthia Fowler (Editore), Fowler Cynthia (Editore), Paula Murphy (Editore), Murphy Paula (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781032121277
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3212127-7
• Pagine: 188
• Serie: Routledge Research in Art History
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; USA, The arts: general issues, ART / History / General, ART / European, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), History of art / art & design styles, Ireland, History of Art, United States of America, USA, The arts: general topics