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.
MEDIEVAL c. 400-c. 1600
An unrivalled account of all aspects of the rich and varied visual culture of Ireland in the Middle Ages. Based on decades of original research, the book contains over 300 lively and informative essays and is magnificently illustrated. Readers will enjoy expanding their knowledge of medieval Ireland through explorations of the objects and buildings produced there and the people who created them.
Author(s): Rachel Moss
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
CONVENTIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
ABBREVIATIONS
CHRONOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
1. INFLUENCES AND IMPACTS
Artistic Inheritance in Medieval Ireland
Historicism and Revivalism
Art and Artists from Abroad
Pilgrimage
Irish Art and Artists Abroad
Medieval Writing on Art
Historiography
Collections and Display
Survival and Destruction of Medieval Art
2. MOVEMENTS, MOTIFS AND MEANINGS
Celtic Art
Insular Art
Viking Art
Romanesque
Gothic
Renaissance
Figurative Art
Animal Art
Foliate Ornament
Interlace
Christ
The Virgin Mary
Saints
Exhibitionist Figures (Sheela-na-gigs)
Epigraphy
Scripts
3. MATERIALS AND METHODS
Architecture
Sculpture
Fine Metalwork
Illuminated Manuscripts
Print
4. MONUMENTS OF CHRISTIANITY
Early Ecclesiastical Sites
Church Architecture (c. 400–1200)
Shrine Chapels
Round Towers
Sundials
High Crosses
Cathedrals
Colleges
Parish Churches
Chapels
Holy Wells
Abbeys, Priories and Friaries
Benedictine Order
Augustinian Canons
Cistercian Order
Franciscan Order
Dominican Order
Augustinian Friars
Monasteries, Post-Dissolution
5. ART OF WORSHIP AND DEVOTION
Gospel Books
Psalters
Missals
Altars
Alterpieces (Retables, Reredoses)
Church Plate
Chalices
Altar, Processional and Reliquary Crosses
Crucifixion Plaques
Paxes
Bells
Hagiographies
Devotional Statues
'House-Shaped' Shrines
Book-Shrines
Croziers
Church Furnishings
Fonts
Wall Paintings
6. SETTLEMENT AND SOCIETY
Medieval Settlement
Manors
Earth and Timber Fortifications
Rural Housing C. 600-1200
Rural Housing C. 1200-1600
Castles
Episcopal Residencies
Hall-Houses
Tower Houses
Fortified Houses
Gardens
Dovecotes
Towns
Municipal Architecture
Town walls
Urban Housing
Market Crosses
Wayside Crosses
Bridges
Laois/Offaly Plantation
Munster Plantation
Maps
7. ART AND IDENTITY
Arms and Armour
Fine Textiles
Secular Clothing
Vestments
Jewellery
Brooches
Rings
Pendant-reliquaries
Chronicles and Historical Miscellanies
Heraldry
Seals
Coins and Coinage
Furniture
Noble Insignia and Plate
Pottery
Administrative Documents
Municipal Plate and Regalia
Art for Public Performance
Ogham Stones
Funerary Monuments
Cross-slabs
Tombs and Sarcophagi
Memorial Brasses
8. PATRONS AND PRACTITIONERS
Patronage
Carpenters
Masons
Goldsmiths and Other Metalworkers
Scribes
Painters
Cartographers
APPENDIXES
1. Select Handlist of Artists and Craftsmen
2. Records of Art and Architectural Patronage at Athenry Friary
3. The O’Tunney Atelier, their Clients and Distribution of their Work
GLOSSARY
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS
REAR COVER
