Abstract
Twelfth-century Irish figure sculpture has stylistic approaches that distinguish it from Romanesque art found abroad. The dominant traits, classified in this paper, are traced to earlier Irish art: the twelfth-century artists re-used earlier styles with little change or innovated within the same stylistic ambit. This strong tradition continued for at least 400 years. Certain foreign influences were imported (through circulating MSS and metal-work objects) but Irish material that exhibits them is very scarce. In twelfth-century Ireland, for the most part, there was a transformation of traditional concerns into new hybrids. These conclusions must affect future assessments of figurative art and of the flow of influences in the Insular period.
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