Painting Dublin, 1886-1949 : visualising a changing city / Kathryn Milligan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milligan, Kathryn, author.

Series:

Manchester scholarship online.

Manchester scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns in art.

Dublin (Ireland)--In art.

Dublin (Ireland).

Dublin (Ireland)--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ;

Place of Publication:

Manchester, England : Manchester University Press, [2020]

Summary:

This text explores artists' visualisations of Dublin during a key period of the city's political and social history. Based on close and contextual readings of original paintings and prints, along with new archival research, it shows how artists in Ireland creatively responded to the urban environment where they lived and worked.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of plates

List of figures

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction: from Empire to Republic, 18861949

1. Poverty, parks, and painting

2. Fog, gas, and the picturesque

3. Dockers, swimmers, and dancers

4. Radicals, workers, and drinkers

5. Glamorous, old, and vanishing Dublin

Conclusion

Select bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 12, 2021).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5261-6101-X

1-5261-4410-7

OCLC:

1223097261