Medieval c. 400–c. 1600: Art and Architecture of Ireland

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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. 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