Author: J. G. HigginsPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
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The early Christian cross slabs, pillar stones and related monuments of County Galway, Ireland
Author: J. G. HigginsThe Early Christian Cross Slabs, Pillar Stones and Related Monuments of County Galway, Ireland
Author: J. G. HigginsPublisher: British Archaeological Association
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Sixteen unusual designs celebrate the often-overlooked art of Japanese stencil cutting, in which artisans worked with thin knives and stiff paper, reinforcing images with strands of silk before printing them on silk and cotton. These intricate drawings of carp, cranes, butterflies, and more reflect the delicate beauty of the stencil-maker's craft. After coloring, place the illustrations near a light source for glowing stained glass effects.
The Early Christian Cross Slabs, Pillar Stones and Related Monuments of County Galway, Ireland, Part i
Author: J. G. HigginsPublisher: BAR International Series
ISBN: 9781407388618
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407388618 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407389745 (Volume II); ISBN 9780860544838 (Volume set).
The Early Christian Cross Slabs, Pillar Stones and Related Monuments of County Galway, Ireland, Part Ii
Author: J. G. HigginsPublisher: BAR International Series
ISBN: 9781407389745
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407388618 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407389745 (Volume II); ISBN 9780860544838 (Volume set).
Pilgrimage in Ireland
Author: Peter HarbisonPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815603122
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The landscape of Ireland is rich with ancient carved stone crosses, tomb-shrines, Romanesque churches, round towers, sundials, beehive huts, Ogham stones and other monuments, many of them dating from before the 12th century. The purpose and function of these artifacts have often been the subject of much debate. Peter Harbison proposes in this book a radical hypothesis: that a great many of these relics can be explained in terms of ecclesiastical pilgrimage. He has constructed a fascination theory about the palace of pilgrimage in the early Christian period, placing it right at the center of communal life. The monuments themselves make much better sense if it looked at in this light—as having come into existence not through the practices of ascetic monks but because of the activities of pilgrims. He begins by searching the historical sources in detail for evidence of early pilgrimage sites. By examining their monuments he projects the findings to other locations where pilgrimage has not been documented. He goes on to describe monument-types of every kind and to identify pilgrims in sculpture surviving from before AD 1200. The Dingle Peninsula in Kerry proves to be a microcosm of pilgrimage monuments, enabling the author to reconstruct a tradition of maritime pilgrimage activity up and down the west coast of Ireland. Indeed, the famous medieval traveler's tale of the fabulous voyage of the St Brendan the Navigator can now be seen as the literary expression of a longstanding maritime pilgrimage along the Atlantic seaways of Ireland and Scotland, reaching Iceland, Greenland, and even North America.
British and Irish Archaeology
Author: Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719018756
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Peopling Insular Art
Author: Cynthia ThickpennyPublisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1789254574
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The International Conference on Insular Art (IIAC) is the leading forum for scholars of the visual and material culture of early medieval Ireland and Britain, including manuscript illumination, sculpture, metalwork, and textiles, and encompassing the work of Anglo-Saxon-, Celtic- and Norse-speaking artists. The present volume contains a selection of papers presented at the eighth IIAC, which took place in Glasgow 11-14 July 2017. The theme of IIAC8 - Peopling Insular Art: Practice, Performance, Perception - was intended to focus attention on those who commissioned, created, and engaged with Insular art objects, and how they conceptualised, fashioned, and experienced them (with ‘engagement’ covering not only contemporary audiences, but later medieval and modern ones too). The twenty-one articles gathered here reflect the diverse ways in which this theme has been interpreted. They demonstrate the intellectual vibrancy of Insular art studies, its international outlook, its interdiscplinarity, and its openness to innovative technologies and approaches, while at the same time demonstrating the strength and enduring value of established methodologies and research practices. The studies collected here focus not only on made objects, but on the creative processes and intellectual decisions which informed their making. This volume brings Insular makers – the illuminators, pattern-makers, rubricators, carvers, and casters – to the fore.
Early Byzantine Ireland
Author: Bernard MulhollandPublisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
This research was conducted towards an MA in Byzantine Archaeology and Text (2004) at the Institute of Byzantine Studies in Queen’s University Belfast. It is published with the aim of presenting this evidence to a wider audience, and to inform future research by others in this field of study. The archaeological and historical evidence presented and analysed is surprisingly diverse and relatively plentiful, and, arguably, also compelling. Is there any evidence for contacts between the Eastern Roman or Byzantine empire and Ireland, and, if so, what form does that evidence take? This book does much to inform that debate.
The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland
Author: Nancy EdwardsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113595142X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
In the first major work on the subject for over 30 years, Nancy Edwards provides a critical survey of the archaeological evidence in Ireland (c. 400-1200), introducing material from many recently discovered sites as well as reassessing the importance of earlier excavations. Beginning with an assessment of Roman influence, Dr Edwards then discusses the themse of settlement, food and farming, craft and technology, the church and art, concluding with an appraisal of the Viking impact. The archaeological evidence for the period is also particularly rich and wide-ranging and our knowledge is expanding repidly in the light of modern techniques of survey and excavation.
Churches in Early Medieval Ireland
Author: Tomás Ó CarragáinPublisher: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
This is the first book devoted to churches in Ireland dating from the arrival of Christianity in the fifth century to the early stages of the Romanesque around 1100, including those built to house treasures of the golden age of Irish art, such as the Book of Kells and the Ardagh chalice. � Carrag�in's comprehensive survey of the surviving examples forms the basis for a far-reaching analysis of why these buildings looked as they did, and what they meant in the context of early Irish society. � Carrag�in also identifies a clear political and ideological context for the first Romanesque churches in Ireland and shows that, to a considerable extent, the Irish Romanesque represents the perpetuation of a long-established architectural tradition.
