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Bruce Arnold traces the complex evolution of Irish art through three millennia, showing how it has drawn on Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Mediterranean sources. The author repatriates Irish artists who are frequently regarded as "English"--including William Mulready, Daniel Maclise and James Barry-- and explores how Irish paintings and sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, metalwork and architecture together form a rich and distinctive cultural heritage.
A paperback first edition,1969, profusely illustrated throughout. 180 illustrations, 20 of which were colour.
Externally the only wear is some slight curling to the corners of the dj . Light creasing to spine, covers.
A standard work on Irish art history.
