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SUMMARY:Events | Irish Art History Summer School at the Creative Zone (UCC)
DESCRIPTION:\nPRICE: €150. \n\n\n\nVENUE: CREATIVE ZONE\, BOOLE LIBRARY\,
  UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK\n\n\n\nTIMES: MONDAY – THURSDAY\, 18-21 AUGUST.
 \n\n\n\nTALKS: 10:30AM-12:30PM.\n\n\n\nOPTIONAL SITE VISIT: 1:30-2:30PM.\n
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDAY 1\, MONDAY 18 AUG: MONASTIC IRELAND:\n\n\n\nIn this intr
 oduction to the summer school\, we briefly discuss the role that visual cu
 lture plays in our understanding of history. This will be followed by an i
 n-depth talk on the history of Monastic Ireland\, examining the visual for
 ms associated with sites such as the Abbey of Kells\, exploring how trade 
 and conquest during the Viking raids produced patterns of visual exchange 
 with areas such as Iona. We will interpret the visual forms of The Book of
  Kells to understand how faith and aesthetics intertwined\, and we will al
 so explore the development of a native symbolic mythology through the famo
 us yet mysterious Sheela na Gig sculptures.\n\n\n\nAfternoon Site Visit: C
 ork Public Museum\n\n\n\nDAY 2\, TUESDAY 19 AUG: IRELAND IN THE ENLIGHTENM
 ENT:\n\n\n\nWe delve into the most prosperous period for Irish Art since t
 he monastic period\, turning our attention to the Age of Enlightenment in 
 the long nineteenth century. This saw a dramatic surge in the development 
 of visual art and literature throughout Europe. This was equally true in I
 reland\; still a part of the British Empire\, Irish artists nonetheless dr
 ew on the prevailing Neoclassicism and Romanticism to create a distinctly 
 Irish identity. We will discuss artists including John Hogan and Daniel Ma
 clise\, also exploring the impact that classical sculpture and broader Eur
 opean visual developments had through the development of the Cork School o
 f Art and the local collection.\n\n\n\nAfternoon Site Visit: St Finbarr’
 s Cathedral\n\n\n\nDAY 3\, WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST: IRISH MODERNISM:\n\n\n\nMo
 dernity brought about an increasingly integrated and globalised world thro
 ugh industrial and technological developments. Alongside these development
 s\, visual artists strove to develop new ways in which a radically shiftin
 g world could be visualised. With these new phenomena in mind\, we will ex
 plore how artists in Ireland developed a distinctly Irish modernism\, both
  through travel and cultural exchange with our ever-more accessible Europe
 an neighbours\, and in response to the specific issues that faced Irish id
 entity at the turn of the twentieth century.\n\n\n\nAfternoon Site Visit: 
 The Honan Chapel\n\n\n\nDAY 4\, THURSDAY 21 AUGUST: CONTEMPORARY ART IN IR
 ELAND:\n\n\n\nWe finish our journey through the history of Irish art by tu
 rning our attention to the here and now. In the present day\, Irish artist
 s are beset with the question that faces artists the world over – what d
 oes it feel like to be alive today? In the twenty-first century\, this mea
 ns a melting pot of cultures\, media\, visual forms\, and meanings. Contem
 porary Irish art represents this diversity – in today’s lecture\, we s
 urvey some of the most prominent Irish contemporary artists\, exploring ho
 w their practice advances both visual culture and the most pressing issues
  that face us in the present climate. Today’s lecture will include an ar
 tist talk from Cork-based visual artist Lara Quinn\, a recent graduate of 
 MTU Crawford College of Art &amp\; Design\, whose powerful work incorporat
 es a sophisticated art historical lens and mythological sources within arr
 esting imagery of feminine archetypes.\n\n\n\nAfternoon Site Visit: Sample
 -Studios Gallery\, The Lord Mayor’s Pavilion.\n
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CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Munster - Cork
LOCATION:UCC Boole Library Creative Zone\, Boole Library\, University Colle
 ge Cork\, College Road\, Cork\, Cork\, T12 ND89\, Ireland
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