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.
ARCHITECTURE 1600-2000
The most complete survey of architecture in Ireland ever published. The essays in this volume cover all aspects of Ireland’s built environment, not only buildings but infrastructure, landscape development, public and private construction and much else. The volume challenges and expands the traditional understanding of Irish ‘architecture’, giving novel and exciting interpretations of the field and, by means of many striking illustrations, encourages us to think anew about the environment that surrounds us.
Author(s): Rolf Loeber, Hugh Campbell, Livia Hurley, John Montague, Ellen Rowley
Publisher: Royal Irish Academy
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 600
City: Dublin
FRONT COVER
FRONTISPIECE
ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF IRELAND
COPYRIGHT
FOREWARD
GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE
CONTENTS
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
ABBREVIATIONS
SELECT CHRONOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
1. PROTAGONISTS
Introduction
Architectural profession
Craftsmen, builders and developers
Engineers
Patrons
Organizations
2. BUILDING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION AND INTERIOR DECORATION
Introduction
Building materials and construction methods
Environment, services and taxation
Building elements and interior decoration
3. ARCHITECTURAL STYLES AND DISCOURSE
Introduction
Architectural styles
Design processes
Historiography
4. INFRASTRUCTURE
Introduction
Communications
Water, Sanitation and Electricity
5. CIVIC, INSTITUTIONAL AND MILITARY ARCHITECTURE
Introduction
Civic Architecture
Institutional Architecture
Military architecture, police barracks and coastguard stations
6. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE
Introduction
Industrial architecture
Commercial architecture
7. ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE
Introduction
Catholic Architecture
Church of Ireland Architecture
Places of worship of other denominations
Cemeteries and Mausolea
8. RURAL DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE
Introduction
Vernacular Buildings
Designed Rural Buildings
9. URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND HOUSING
Introduction
Urban environment
Urban houses and housing
Urban biographies
10. THE ARCHITECTURE OF RECREATION AND PUBLIC RESORT
Introduction
Parks and public gardens
Sports buildings
Public leisure structures
Clubs and private organizations
11. HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION
Introduction
Ruins
Conservation
Cathedral restoration in the nineteenth century
Voluntary architectural conservation bodies
Records and inventories of post-medieval built
heritage
Interpretive centres
Palimpsest: Change in the Irish architectural tradition
IRISH ARCHITECTURE IN THE FIRST DECADE OF THE NEW CENTURY
APPENDIX
Biographical notes
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS
REAR COVER
