A Study Of Political Murals In Northern Ireland Conflict（1981-1998）

Northern Ireland political murals Large-scale artworks with political content or obvious political intentions painted on walls,fences and buildings in Northern Ireland cities.draw.By sorting out the history of Northern Ireland,it reveals the social and historical background and reasons for the generation of political murals in Northern Ireland,and lays a foundation for better understanding and analysis of the stories,characters and symbols in political murals.By combing the contradictions between the two main political camps in the conflict in Northern Ireland,the Royalists（Protestant）and the Republicans（Catholic）,they found their fundamental intention of using murals as a political means,to the collective memory of the people of Northern Ireland.Painting murals as a political resource,regularly reaffirming and emphasizing one’s identity/ethnic/political affiliation through mural symbols,myths,legends,and parades,etc.,helps to strengthen cohesion within the group and differentiation outside the group.Political murals have appeared in different forms in various countries in the world,but the reason why Northern Ireland political murals can become one of the most famous political art in the world is that its very complex ethnic,religious and political contradictions are intertwined.The contradictions in the painting provide the prerequisites for its birth,and the contradictions between the nationality and religion provide it with status symbols and exclusive mural materials,which makes the political murals in Northern Ireland have strong political intentions and at the same time contain The rich ethnic and religious connotations also provide room for exploration and analysis for this research.The specific analysis and research are divided into three parts:1.Presenting the historical background: Organize the history of Northern Ireland,explain that the conflict and political murals in Northern Ireland are the social environment and historical background,and at the same time facilitate the analysis of the murals later,and can find the corresponding people,things and things in history.2.Analysis of political mural works: First,the background political events of each stage are sorted out;then the representative political murals of this stage are analyzed,and the metaphors and political intentions are excavated;finally,the symbols with special symbolic meanings in the murals are analyzed.Perform analysis instructions.3.Overall analysis and evaluation of political murals in Northern Ireland: analyze the overall laws and characteristics of political murals in the conflict in Northern Ireland,and make a comprehensive evaluation of them.From the perspective of historical investigation,the full text supplements the deficiencies in the historical background of the birth of political murals in Northern Ireland;from the perspective of data,it fills in the weak links of domestic political murals in Northern Ireland.From the perspective of exploring the laws of art history,this study expounds the role and reaction relationship between politics and art when a new political and social environment arises in a special historical period.Through the analysis of iconography and symbols,we can dig out the metaphorical content under the surface of political murals,and we can more intuitively understand how political parties in Northern Ireland use political murals as a means to guide the public’s ideology.