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Book Review
Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530–1830
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1080–81
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Reviewer:
Thom, Colin (Thom, Colin)
Subjects
subjects:
British architecture / Scottish architecture / Irish architecture / Summerson, John
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Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530–1830 By Steven Brindle. 592 pp. incl. 448 col. + b. & w. ills. (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven and London, 2023), £60. ISBN 978–1–913107–40–6. | :
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Attributed works:
1. View of the Customs House, Dublin, designed by James Gandon. 1781–91. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Book Review
Great Irish Households: Inventories from the Long Eighteenth Century House and Home in Georgian Ireland: Spaces and Cultures of Domestic Life
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1038-40
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Reviewer:
Rowell, Christopher (Rowell, Christopher)
Subjects
subjects:
Irish architecture / Country houses / Domestic (house related concept) / Interiors / Inventories / Social history / Georgian / Buildings
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Great Irish Households: Inventories from the Long Eighteenth Century Edited by Tessa Murdoch. 436 pp. incl. 18 col. + 41 b. & w. ills. (John Adamson, Cambridge, 2022), £75. ISBN 978–1–898565–17–8. | :
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House and Home in Georgian Ireland: Spaces and Cultures of Domestic Life Edited by Conor Lucey. 216 pp. incl. 95 col. ills. (Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2022), £45. ISBN 978–1–80151–026–4. | :
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Attributed works:
5. Sir Neil O’Neill, by John Michael Wright. 1680. Oil on canvas, 232.7 by 163.2 cm. (Tate).
Book Review
The Early Residential Buildings of Trinity College Dublin: Architecture, Financing, People
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 210-212
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Reviewer:
Hayes, Melanie (Hayes, Melanie)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
subjects:
Irish architecture / Universities / Archives / Architectural history
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The Early Residential Buildings of Trinity College Dublin: Architecture, Financing, People By R.A. Somerville. 404 pp. incl. 118 col. ills. (Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2021), €55. ISBN 978–1–84682–968–0. | :
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Attributed works:
5. Detail from a bird’s-eye perspective plan of Trinity College Dublin park and gardens, by Samuel Byron. 1780. North is at the top. (Courtesy Board of Trinity College Dublin).
Book Review
The Museum Building of Trinity College Dublin: A Model of Victorian Craftsmanship
07/2021 | 1420 | 163
Pages: 642-643
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Reviewer:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Woodward, Benjamin
museums and institutions:
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
subjects:
Irish architecture / Architectural history
subjects:
Museums
Reviewed Items
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The Museum Building of Trinity College Dublin: A Model of Victorian Craftsmanship Edited by Christine Casey and Patrick Wyse Jackson. 400 pp. incl. 284 col. + b. & w. ills. (Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2019), £45. ISBN 978–1–84682–789–1. | :
Book Review
Exhibiting Art in Georgian Ireland: the Society of Artists’ Exhibitions Recreated Edited by David Fleming, Ruth Kenny and William Laffan
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1077-1078
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Reviewer:
McEvansoneya, Philip (McEvansoneya, Philip)
Subjects
artists:
Hunter, Robert / Trotter, John / Hamilton, Hugh Douglas / Hamilton, Gustavus W. / Robertson, Charles, 1759–1821 / Percy, Samuel / Butts, John / Carver, Robert / Ashford, William / Roberts, Thomas, Irish painter, 1748-1778
dates:
1750-1799 / 1760-1769 / 1770-1779
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Prints / Pastels / Watercolours / Wax sculpture / Terracottas / Marbles / Miniatures (paintings)
museums and institutions:
Irish Georgian Society, Dublin, Ireland
places:
Ireland / Dublin
subjects:
Irish painting / Irish sculpture / Irish architecture / Society of Artists in Ireland / Academies / Restoration (process) / Exhibitions / Exhibition catalogues / Critical Reception / Art criticism / History paintings / Landscapes (visual works) / Picturesque, the / Flowers / Animals / Design / Ornament
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Installation view of Exhibiting Art in Georgian Ireland: the Society of Artists’ Exhibitions Recreated, City Assembly Room, Dublin (16th June–29th July 2018). (Courtesy Irish Georgian Society).
Book Review
Making Majesty: The Throne Room at Dublin Castle, A Cultural History. Edited by Myles Campbell and William Derham
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 880-881
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Reviewer:
Mulligan, Kevin V. (Mulligan, Kevin V.)
Subjects
artists:
Gandolfi, Gaetano
buildings:
Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
dates:
1600-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1899 / 1900-1999 / 2000-2009 / 2010-2019
media:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Furniture / Interiors / Paintings
places:
Ireland / Dublin
subjects:
Irish architecture / British architecture / Architectural history / Architectural photography / Architectural orders / Restoration (process) / Ceilings / Castles / Ornament / Baroque / Neo-classicism / Rococo / Exhibitions
Exhibition Review
The National Gallery of Ireland. Dublin
09/2017 | 1374 | 159
Pages: 743-745
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Reviewer:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
subjects:
Irish architecture
subjects:
Historic buildings
subjects:
Galleries (display spaces) / Collections, Public
subjects:
Museum history / Museum policy
Illustrations
Attributed works:
67. The Grand Gallery, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin (Photograph © Marie Louise Halfpenny)
Attributed works:
68. The Shaw Room, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin (Photograph © Marie Louise Halfpenny)
Attributed works:
69. Detail of The marriage of Strongbow and Aoife, by Daniel Maclise. c. 1854 (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin; photograph © National Gallery of Ireland)
Book Review
Life in the Country House in Georgian Ireland. By Patricia McCarthy
05/2017 | 1370 | 159
Pages: 400-401
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Reviewer:
O'Byrne, Robert (O'Byrne, Robert)
Subjects
places:
Ireland
subjects:
Country houses / Georgian / Irish / Attributions / Irish architecture / Architectural history
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
43. The painted entrance hall, Ardfert Abbey (Irish Architectural Archive, Irish Georgian Society Collection, Dublin)
Book Review
The Buildings of Ireland. South Ulster: Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan, K.J. Mulligan
04/2014 | 1333 | 156
Pages: 247-248
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Reviewer:
Rankin , Peter (Rankin , Peter)
Subjects
places:
Northern Ireland
places:
Armagh / Cavan / Monaghan
subjects:
Buildings / Irish architecture / Architectural history / Country houses / Houses
Illustrations
Attributed works:
46. Interior of the Primate's Chapel, Armagh, designed by Thomas Cooley and Francis Johnston
Book Review
Ireland and the Picturesque: Design, Landscape Painting and Tourism, 1700–1840, F. O’Kane
04/2014 | 1333 | 156
Pages: 246-247
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Reviewer:
O'Byrne, Robert (O'Byrne, Robert)
Subjects
dates:
1700-1799 / 1800-1849
places:
Ireland
subjects:
Picturesque, the / Landscapes (visual works) / Irish painting / Irish architecture / Topography / Topographical views / Travel
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