This thesis examines the representation of Dublin in visual art, as produced by a range of artists working in Ireland during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Thematic in its approach, the artists and artworks discussed ...

Studs of glass and amber are found alongside panels of gold filigree and embossed silver foils, are an integral part of high status Insular metalwork created between the seventh and twelfth centuries. No over-arching survey ...

The aim of this thesis is to describe in detail the life, work and career of the artist, not only in terms of his outstanding talents as a stained glass artist and craftsman and as a book illustrator, but also as a vital ...

The thesis examines the careers of Richard Castle and Johann Gottlieb Borlach, two German draughtsmen who joined the architectural practices of Sir Edward Lovett Pearce and James Gibbs in the first half of the eighteenth ...

Perceptions of Gothic in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, and its use in domestic and ecclesiastical architecture in Ireland, 1800-1841' is a study of meaning in Gothic revival architecture. The thesis ...

On Wednesday 17 December 1834 the first passenger railway line in Ireland opened. Over the next four decades thousands of miles of railway lines were constructed across the island, creating an expansive network of connectivity. ...

Clarke Studios was established in 1930 and operated as a business making stained glass for more than forty years after the death of its founder, the artist Harry Clarke (1889-1931). In that period windows were made for ...

In the abundant production shown in Salons - official and non-official - during the Second Empire and the Third Republic until 1900, a number of paintings have music as their theme. They form occasional clusters, corresponding ...

This study examines the constructional patterns of early Irish classical buildings from the end of the seventeenth century until the beginning of the nineteenth century. It also defines the operational patterns of artisans ...

This research project presents a methodological and theoretical framework for conducting research on the knowledge-making capacity of museum displays in Ireland. As active agents in the production of knowledge, museum ...