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In the lion's den : Daniel Macdonald, Ireland and Empire

Daniel Macdonald (1820-1853) is a painter who deserves to be better known. Niamh O'Sullivan's fascinating book reveals compelling new subtexts to his oeuvre and re-establishes him as a painter of national importance; it also sheds original light on the social and visual culture of Ireland...

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Autor principal: O'Sullivan, Niamh (Autor, VerfasserIn)
Autor corporatiu: Ireland's Great Hunger Museum (Herausgebendes Organ)
Format: Llibre
Idioma:English
Publicat: Hamden, CT : Quinnipiac University Press , [2016]
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Accés en línia:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Notes de l'autor:Niamh O'Sullivan
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Sumari:Daniel Macdonald (1820-1853) is a painter who deserves to be better known. Niamh O'Sullivan's fascinating book reveals compelling new subtexts to his oeuvre and re-establishes him as a painter of national importance; it also sheds original light on the social and visual culture of Ireland in the years leading up to and during the Famine. Themes rarely visited by artists--rural violence, superstition and folklore, the Famine, and many aspects of the national character--were given spirited treatment by Macdonald who insinuated such subject matter in to the salons of metropolitan London, to venues distinctly hostile to Irish poverty, hunger and agitation. This critical biography is essential reading for anyone interested in Irish art and history.--back cover
Introduction -- The Cork crucible -- Rabid fury -- We are scourged -- Tales of Rural Ireland -- Appendices: Daniel Macdonald exhibition record -- Daniel Macdonald interim catalogue -- James McDaniel works -- Jane Masters Macdonald Rogers biography -- Jane Masters Macdonald Rogers works
Descripció de l’ítem:"The Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, is home to many of Macdonald's paintings and drawings that feature here, and this book coincides with the first retrospective exhibition of Daniel Macdonald's work, held at Ireland's Great Hunger Museum, Quinnipiac University, in 2016."
Descripció física:152 Seiten Illustrationen 31 cm
ISBN:9780990468684