Painting Dublin, 1886-1949: Visualising a Changing City AUTH-10715917 Of palaces and forts

Of palaces and forts

ready to reheat and serve

it can be hard to find a job on Main Street

her plays include Cloud Nine

reforging himself into the man Prophecy demands he become

Painting Dublin, 1886-1949: Visualising a Changing City AUTH-10715917 Of palaces and fortsDelving into a hitherto unexplored aspect of Irish art history, Painting Dublin, 1886 1949 examines the depiction of Dublin by artists from the late nineteenth to the mid twentieth century. Artists' representations of the city have long been markers of civic pride and identity, yet in Ireland such artworks have been overlooked in favour of the rural and pastoral. Framed by the shift from city of empire to capital of an independent republic, this book