Talk:Scottish art

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[edit] university of Dundee

The University of Dundee has a chair in Scottish Art History, currently held by Professor Murdo MacDonald, an authority on the Celtic Revival and Patrick Geddes, and a former editor of the Edinburgh Review. According to journalistic sources, only about one quarter of great Scottish art is on display at any one time, there being a chronic shortage of either display space, or interest, or both. One example is John Duncan's iconic "The Coming of Bride", which Glasgow Museums have held in store for a decade as of 2007. -- unsigned

[edit] sections

this page could use some sections created. -- Akb4 22:12, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

It could use a helluva lot of things; much more content for one. Twospoonfuls 12:57, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article Restructuring

The organization of this article is pretty confusing. The only section is "Early Scottish Art", which starts with a description of Pictish carved stone balls from prehistory. Is that right? It seems like discussion of Pictish art needs to be disentangled from prehistoric art. That same section then covers the topic through history to contemporary art.

I'd like to propose the following sections:
1. Prehistory
--Neolithic Age
--Bronze Age
--Iron Age
2. Medieval Period
--Pictish
--Celtic Christian
3. Renaissance
4. Reformation
5. Scottish Enlightenment
6. Modern to Contemporary
--19th Century
--20th Century
--21st Century

For the most part, I think the existing content could be rearranged to fit this (or a similar) structure. Distinctions between Neolithic, Bronze, and Iron age art will be required, and additional content might be necessary to flesh out those Prehistory subsections. It might be best to avoid those particular subsections for now. Cygnus921 (talk) 01:02, 18 May 2008 (UTC)