Photo credit Declan Hackett Could there be anything nicer to do on a Sunday afternoon than a History walking tour, followed by wonderful concert of ultra- high quality music, performance, poetry, with a sociable glass of wine after? Well, what about if the concerts took place in some of the most beautiful historic… Read More History walking tours, followed by music, poetry and wine.
This well-known Georgian tour, originally developed by Dublin Decoded for the Irish Georgian Society, has been adapted for students sitting the Leaving Certificate and is available for school groups. The tour package includes visits to major works by Edward Lovett Pearce, James Gandon, Francis Johnston, and Richard Cassels (also known as Ricard Castle) as well… Read More Georgian architecture for Schools, Leaving Cert Art-History.
Recently we posted a picture quiz on Italian Renaissance artists. Press that link to have a go? before you read the answer below! Readers simply had to try to identify the artists, and/or their works, using the questions and hints below… Here are the answers! First section. Proto- Renaissance. Question #1 What’s the name… Read More Answers to Italian Renassaince Artists Quiz…
A bit of innocent fun, for the art lovers among my readers. I’m teaching Italian Renaissance to my A-Level class at present and dragged these images off various sites to make a slide talk presentation. Thought i\d post them here too, for your pleasure and interest. It’s not a Dublin Decoded competition, there… Read More Italian Renassaince Art, a picture quiz.
Heavens’ embroidered cloth: – Medieval buried Treasure. Look at these… They are the last complete set of mass vestments left intact in Northern Europe. And they are extraordinary in their history, their conception, and in quality. They sit now, in their light-controlled, temperature and humidity controlled, bullet-proof glass cases, in Waterford’s wonderful medieval museum. This… Read More Heavens’ embroidered cloth: Medieval buried Treasure.
Originally posted on Wide and Convenient Streets:
Nearly one hundred and nine years ago, Colonel George W. Addison R. E. represented the Iveagh Trust at a ceremony to formally hand over the new Iveagh Markets to Dublin Corporation. Giving his thanks on receiving the deeds of conveyance and keys, the Lord Mayor expressed the hope that…
The novelist Will Self, and cartoonist Martin Rossen debate, or rather seem to generally agree on, the limits and responsibilities of satire, who the easy targets might be, and critically, where the real scrutiny and ire should be aimed, but usually isn’t. It made me wonder why not? The Charlie Hebdo editors, artists and staff… Read More What is satire for?
The castle at Bentheim: an essay of random thoughts on landscape, history and money, modernity and nostalgia in the Dutch Golden Age. Look at this. Don’t by the way try reading this piece on a phone. Wait until you have access to a proper screen. Then look at this. It’s a detail of a work… Read More Landscape, modernity and nostalgia in the Dutch Golden Age.
One of my favourite bloggers on Art, e-Morfes, here profiling in pictures the thought-provoking ideas and exquisitely made fabrications of UK artist Dominick Wilcox. I know you’ll enjoy these. 🙂
First Editions is a lovely little bookstore tucked into the quiet Pembroke Lane, the mews lane that connects Waterloo to Wellington Road, although sitting nearer the corner with Waterloo. Many years ago, this premises was “the Wee Stores” a grocer selling milk and newspapers, tea, tobacco and coal. As recounted by historian and writer Hugh… Read More First Editions: a treasure trove of books hidden in Ballsbridge.
Arran Q Henderson 