Drawing Support 3: Murals and Transition in the North of Ireland

by Bill Rolston

Loyalist murals have a long tradition, the first one having been painted in Belfast around 1908. Thus, by the time the Northern Ireland state was created in the 1920s, the tradition of mural paintinw... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1900960230
• ISBN13: 9781900960236
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Beyond Pale Publications
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Art at the Border

I came upon this book in a search for a scholarly tome on the political murals of Northern Ireland. I was disappointed at first. While this is an exceptional collection of Loyalist and Nationalist mural paintings, I wanted more. There is a bit of background and some minor information on the historical perspective where these paintings are found, but I wanted more. Imagine my chagrin when I realized that this is one of the few books that exists on this subject. Standing alone, this book is not enough to garner an appreciation of the art form. But, in conjunction with some knowledge of the cultures on both sides of the border in Ireland, it is priceless.