Browsing History of Art and Architecture (Scholarly Publications) by Subject "Irish architectural history"
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The architectural sources for the Museum Building
(Four Courts Press, 2019)If the purpose of this research project, as stated by Christine Casey at the start of this book, is to highlight the process of making (rather than meaning), then we must query the ‘making’ that went into the design itself. ... -
The Architecture of the Church of St Patrick and St Brigid
(2021)The post-famine period saw a boom in Catholic church building across Ireland. County Kildare, as home to Maynooth College (1795; 1845) and Clongowes Wood College (1814), was at the forefront of Catholic religious revival ... -
The Georgian Castle at Clongowes
(2020)The history of the castle at Clongowes is long and complicated, with several phases of reconstruction and expansion. The imposing facades overlook the long avenue to the front, the pleasure grounds to the north and the ... -
Was the carver happy while he was about it? Trinity's Museum Building and the Ruskinian principle of happiness
(Liverpool University Press, 2021-02)The Museum Building of Trinity College Dublin (1853-7), by Deane, Son & Woodward, is a seminal work of Ruskinian Gothic architecture, influencing a generation of British and Irish architects, and revolutionising Victorian ...