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Irish Art. Pre-Christian Ireland 7000 –2000 B.C. Court cairns : consist of a stone forecourt area, with chambers used for burials, covered with a long cairn. They were built from c4000 BC and are found throughout Ireland. Dolmen. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Irish ArtIrish Art
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Court cairnsCourt cairns: consist of a stone forecourt area, with chambers used for burials, : consist of a stone forecourt area, with chambers used for burials, covered with a long cairn. They were built from c4000 BC and are found covered with a long cairn. They were built from c4000 BC and are found throughout Ireland.throughout Ireland.
Pre-Christian Ireland Pre-Christian Ireland 7000 –7000 –
2000 B.C2000 B.C..
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DolmenDolmen
The word Dolmen means stone table in Breton. Most were built around 2000 The word Dolmen means stone table in Breton. Most were built around 2000 BC along Ireland's East Coast.BC along Ireland's East Coast.
The most obvious of early Stone Age tombs are dolmen.A large slab top three The most obvious of early Stone Age tombs are dolmen.A large slab top three or more large stones. They can weigh up to 100 tons. It was an enormous or more large stones. They can weigh up to 100 tons. It was an enormous feat feat of engineering. There are more than 1400 in Ireland.of engineering. There are more than 1400 in Ireland.
They are mentioned in Irish legends too. Diarmuid and Gráinne allegedly They are mentioned in Irish legends too. Diarmuid and Gráinne allegedly slept under one when they eloped.slept under one when they eloped.
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NewgrangeNewgrange
Newgrange, built around 3,200 BC and recently restored, is a Newgrange, built around 3,200 BC and recently restored, is a great circular mound of earth and stone 250 feet in diameter great circular mound of earth and stone 250 feet in diameter encircled by a ring of standing stones. The interior is solid encircled by a ring of standing stones. The interior is solid except for a single stone-lined and -capped passage 62 feet long except for a single stone-lined and -capped passage 62 feet long and 3 feet wide which terminates close to the centre of the and 3 feet wide which terminates close to the centre of the mound in main chamber with a corbelled vault 20 feet high and mound in main chamber with a corbelled vault 20 feet high and three recessed chambers.three recessed chambers.
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The entrance, in front of which is a massive curbstone (10 feet long, The entrance, in front of which is a massive curbstone (10 feet long, 4 feet high) carved with spirals and lozenges, incoporates a roof box 4 feet high) carved with spirals and lozenges, incoporates a roof box which allows the sun, at sunrise on the morning of the winter which allows the sun, at sunrise on the morning of the winter solstice on December 21, to penetrate the full length of the interior solstice on December 21, to penetrate the full length of the interior passage all the way to the main chamber. A similar carefully passage all the way to the main chamber. A similar carefully calculated phenomenon is also found at calculated phenomenon is also found at Abu Simbel in Egypt. in Egypt.
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Bronze Age Bronze Age 2000 – 500 B.C.2000 – 500 B.C.
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Iron Age 500B.C – A.D. 400
Broighter Collar
Broighter Boat
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Early Christian Period Early Christian Period 55thth & 6 & 6thth CenturiesCenturies
Skellig
Kerry Coast
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Gallarus Oratory Co. Kerry
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Carandonagh Cross Co. Donegal
Stone CarvingStone Carving
Fahan Mura Slab
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High Christian Period High Christian Period 77thth & 8 & 8thth
CenturyCentury
North Cross Aheny Cross of Moone Co. Kildare
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Ardagh Chalice
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Tara Brooch
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Viking Invasions Viking Invasions 99thth & 10 & 10thth Centuries Centuries
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Round TowerRound Tower
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Muirdeach’s CrossMonasterboice
The finest of the high crosses.
Muirdeach’s CrossMonasterboice
The finest of the high crosses.
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Manuscripts
The Book of Kells
Manuscripts
The Book of Kells
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The Medieval period The Medieval period 1111thth & 12 & 12thth
CenturiesCenturies
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Cross of CongCross of Cong
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Eighteenth Century Irish Georgian Period
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James Barry Neoclassical Painter 1741-1806
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Walter Osbourne 1859 - 1903
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Influenced by
French
Plein-air Painting
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William Leech 1881-1968
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Paul Henry 1876-1958Paul Henry 1876-1958
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Jack Butler Yates 1871-1957
Son of John Butler Yates and brother of poet W.B.Yeats
Jack Butler Yates 1871-1957
Son of John Butler Yates and brother of poet W.B.Yeats
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Louis Le BrocquyLouis Le Brocquy