{"product_id":"seeing-ireland-art-culture-and-power-in-modern-ireland-hardcover","title":"Seeing Ireland: Art, Culture, and Power in Modern Ireland - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCiaran O'Neill\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBilly Shortall\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJoe Cleary\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrompted by the centennial commemoration of the 1922 Paris Exposition d'Art Irlandais, \u003cem\u003eSeeing Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e explores the intersection of art and politics in the century that followed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the Irish Revival of the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century is often associated with literary figures such as Joyce and Yeats, \u003cem\u003eSeeing Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e's focus on visual arts sheds new light on a pivotal era of Irish cultural and national development. The collection explores the 1922 Paris diaspora congress and its associated art exhibition, the development of an Irish school of art, official visual representations of post-independence Ireland, and the continued intermingling of art and the state in subsequent decades. The Paris exhibition happened at a pivotal moment in Ireland's history, and the administration used Irish art to present for international consumption a self-defined identity of the new state. This collection reflects on that event and on the recent Decade of Centenaries commemoration of the Irish revolutionary period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcademics and practicing artists alike contribute thought-provoking analyses of the exposition, Irish visual culture, and Irish diaspora politics. The collection ends with an exploration of the constantly negotiated relationship among the state, the arts, and memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCiaran O'Neill is associate professor of nineteenth-century history at Trinity College Dublin. He is the co-director of the Trinity Colonial Legacies Project. His most recent books include \u003cem\u003ePower and Powerlessness in Union Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIreland, Slavery and the Caribbean\u003c\/em\u003e (co-edited with Finola O'Kane).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBilly Shortall is a research fellow at the Irish Art Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin, and co-developed a virtual re-creation of the 1922 Paris World Congress and art exhibition (www.seeingireland.ie). He recently contributed chapters to the \u003cem\u003eRoutledge Companion to Irish Art\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHilary Heron, A Retrospective\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53807730590029,"sku":"9780268210670","price":94.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/bj9a7KApPX9780268210670.webp?v=1777498245","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/seeing-ireland-art-culture-and-power-in-modern-ireland-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}