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Scottish art is the body of visual art made in what is now Scotland, or about Scottish subjects, since prehistoric times. It forms a distinctive tradition within European art, but the political union with England has led its partial subsumation in British art .
Pages in category "Scottish art" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Scottish genre art is the depiction of everyday life in Scotland, or by Scottish artists, emulating the genre art of Netherlands painters of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Common themes included markets, domestic settings, interiors, parties, inn scenes, and street scenes.
George Bain (1881–1968), art teacher whose writing revived interest in Celtic and Insular art; James Ballantine (1806–1877), artist and author; Penelope Beaton (1886–1963), painter; Jemima Blackburn (1823–1909), painter and illustrator; John Blair (c. 1849–1934), painter; Muirhead Bone (1876–1953), etcher; Phyllis Bone (1894–1972 ...
Alexander Keirincx, Seton Palace and the Forth Estuary, c. 1639. The earliest examples of Scottish landscape painting are in the tradition of Scottish house decoration for burgesses, lairds and lords, that arose after the Reformation in the sixteenth century, partly as a response to the loss of religious patronage. [2]
The National (formerly the Scottish National Gallery) is the national art gallery of Scotland. It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh , close to Princes Street . The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair , and first opened to the public in 1859.
Insular art, or Hiberno-Saxon art, is the name given to the common style produced in Scotland, Britain and Anglo-Saxon England from the seventh century, with the combining of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon forms. [11] Surviving examples of Insular art are found in metalwork, carving, but mainly in illuminated manuscripts. In manuscripts surfaces are ...
Scottish art (18 C, 31 P) Scottish animation (1 C) ... Pages in category "Arts in Scotland" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.