IRISH ART AND ARCHITECTURE. From Prehistory to the Present

HARBISON, Peter; POTTERTON, Homan; SHEEHY, Jeanne

ISBN 10: 0500277079 / ISBN 13: 9780500277072

Published by Thames & Hudson, UK, 1993

About this Item

First paperback edition. Soft illustrated covers. The book is not priceclipped and there are no inscriptions. Covers are clean and bright with no shelf wear. The book itself is also very good indeed with no annotations. The pages are clean and bright and the spine is tight. Mainly black and white and some colour plates. 272 pages. This book weighs just over 1 kg and there will be a small extra postage charge for UK and Europe sales. Overseas airmail will be more. A very good copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: IRISH ART AND ARCHITECTURE. From Prehistory to the Present
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson, UK
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500277079
• ISBN 13: 9780500277072
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Ireland stood at the forefront of Westem European artistic culture in antiquity, when great passage graves were built; during the 7th and 8th centuries AD, when the Irish produced masterpieces of metalwork and manuscript illumination; and during the 18th century, an age of classical elegance. The achievements of these periods and others survive largely intact. This survey describes the whole sequence of Irish art and architecture. Peter Harbison, chairman of the National Monuments Advisory Council, is author of "Pre-Christian Ireland" (Thames and Hudson, 1988). Homan Potterton was Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, 1980-88. Jeanne Sheehy is author of "The Rediscovery of Ireland's Past" (Thames and Hudson, 1980).