Cullen, Fintan.

Visual Politics – The Representation of Ireland: 1750-1930.

Cork, Cork University Press, 1997. Octavo (17.6 cm wide x 25.5 cm high). XII, 228 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to endpaper.

Includes for example:

1. Artists on the Make

Irish Artists in London
Irish Artists and the Royal Academy
Outsiders: Hone’s “The Conjurer” / James Barry – “The Education of Achilles” /
Acceptability: Shee, Mulready and MAclise

2. The Roles of History Painting

The Secular and the Dynastic
The Historical Background of Wheatley’s ‘Volunteers’
Up-to-date History Painting
Enter St.Patrick
A Symbol of Unity

3. Public and Private: Portraits of Uncertainty

The Public Image
Reynolds’s – “The Earl of Bellamont″
Wilkie’s “Daniel O’Connell″
Haverty’s “Daniel O’Connell″
Home’s “The Marquis of Wellesley″
The Private Image: Hamilton’s “Richard Mansergh St George″

4. The Peasant, Genre Painting and National Character

How to depict a Nation
Generalised Readings of Ireland
The Role of Contemporary Fiction
Denying Difference
The Peasant Immigrant
Courbet and the Irishwoman
Ireland as a Woman

5. Painting the Modern

The Case for Realism

• Keywords: Art · Art – Rare · Catalogue Four – International Art
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 32015AB

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