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The foundation of an independent Irish State in the early 1920s did not significantly alter the state of Ireland's visual arts; in the years following Independence, the arts establishment (exemplified by the committee of the Royal Hibernian Academy) was dominated by traditionalists who steadfastly opposed attempts to bring Irish art into line ...
Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951 (Mapping Sculpture) is an online database of sculptors and their works. It is the result of a three-year research programme, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy .
Typical cup and ring marks at Weetwood Moor, in the English county of Northumberland (Google Maps). Cup and ring marks or cup marks are a form of prehistoric art found in the Atlantic seaboard of Europe (Ireland, Wales, Northern England, Scotland, France (), Portugal, and Spain – and in Mediterranean Europe – Italy (in Alpine valleys and Sardinia), Azerbaijan and Greece (Thessaly [citation ...
Map of the British Isles with counties: Date: 17 November 2014: Source: Wikishire: Vector map GB Definition A; Ireland and Ulster, counties.svg; Author: Visitor from Wikishire: Permission (Reusing this file)
The oldest surviving British art includes Stonehenge from around 2600 BC, and tin and gold works of art produced by the Beaker people from around 2150 BC. The La Tène style of Celtic art reached the British Isles rather late, no earlier than about 400 BC, and developed a particular "Insular Celtic" style seen in objects such as the Battersea Shield, and a number of bronze mirror-backs ...
In England the style merged into Anglo-Saxon art around 900, whilst in Ireland the style continued until the 12th century, when it merged into Romanesque art. [5] Ireland, Scotland and the kingdom of Northumbria in Northern England are the most important centres, but examples were found also in southern England, Wales [6] and in Continental ...
3.1 The arts in Europe. 3.2 Sports in Europe. 4 Environment of Europe. 5 Economy and infrastructure of Europe. Toggle Economy and infrastructure of Europe subsection.
The Burren: A Map of the Uplands of North-West County Clare (Folding Landscapes, 1999) My Time in Space (The Lilliput Press, 2001) Tales and Imaginings (The Lilliput Press, 2002) Connemara: Listening to the Wind (Penguin Ireland, 2006) Connemara: The Last Pool of Darkness (Penguin Ireland, 2008) Connemara: A Little Gaelic Kingdom (Penguin ...