Islands in a global context
Subtitle: Proceedings of the seventh international conference on Insular art, held at the National University of Ireland, Galway, 16-20 July 2014
By: Conor Newman, Mags Mannion and Fiona Gavin, editors
Contributors: Newman, Conor, editor; Mannion, Mags, editor; Kendall, Fiona, editor
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781846825682
Subjects: Irish Art; Congresses; Medieval Art
Description: Essays from over forty leading experts on Insular art . AD400-1500, across all media including stone, vellum, cloth, metal and glass. Along with its customary focus on art of the Insular world of Britain and Ireland, the papers also consider the contemporary European and Mediterranean background and context of Insular art, under the headings of motif, theme, symbol, transmission, translation and scholarship. Offering new perspectives on familiar objects and introducing new finds, like the other volumes in the series, this lavishly illustrated book is a must for all serious students of Insular art.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.