History of Art and Architecture: Recent submissions
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The nude in modern Irish art : tradition and transgression: an exploration of themes and trends in the representation of the nude in twentieth century Irish art
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2013)This is a project with the potential to have groundbreaking implications for Irish art. The nude has long been central to the study of art history but has erroneously been thought to have been absent from art in Ireland. ... -
The Faddan More Psalter – A study of the early medieval book-making techniques and codicology of a recently discovered eighth-century Irish Psalter and an examination of its features and materials which suggest influences both domestic and remote in its materiality and manufacture.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History Of Art, 2019)When in 2006 an early medieval insular manuscript surfaced from the Faddan More Bog in North Co. Tipperary, the event afforded a unique opportunity to study in detail all aspects of what is now 'one of the National Museum ... -
Metrology and proportion in the window tracery of medieval Ireland : an empirical study of Ormond and Connaught
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2012)This study developed a methodology to investigate whether evidence could be found for the application of systems of proportion and metrology to the design of late medieval window tracery in Ireland. Source data was collected ... -
Through the eye of the dragon: An examination of the artistic patronage of Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585)
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History Of Art, 2019)Through the Eye of the Dragon: An Examination of the Artistic Patronage of Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585) Jacqueline Christine Carey This thesis is an interrogation of the artistic patronage of Pope Gregory XIII ... -
Peter Lombard on Titus and Philemon: Tracing patterns in Parisian manuscripts made before c. 1250
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History Of Art, 2019)Peter Lombard was a twelfth-century theologian who worked in Paris, which was, at that time, a major centre for manuscript production. This research project focuses on the Collectanea, Lombard s commentary on the Pauline ... -
Into the Void: Text and Image in Nordic Art 1890-1915
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History Of Art, 2019)Into the Void: Text and Image in Nordic Art 1890-1915 Kerstina Mortensen Illness, Death, and the Psychological Self; fuelled by European pessimism and the perceived degeneration of society at the turn of the 20th Century, ... -
Experiences of establishing and managing 'artist-run' exhibition spaces in Dublin, from 2005 to 2015.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History Of Art, 2019)This thesis explores the phenomenon of visual arts exhibition organisations known as 'artist-run spaces' in Dublin, from 2005 to 2015. This marks a period of unprecedented growth of the phenomenon, followed by a rapid ... -
Liturgy and architecture in medieval Ireland ca. 1100- ca. 1315: evidence from the Diocese of Killaloe
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2011)This thesis examines the standing fabric of medieval churches within the diocese of Killaloe that documentary and architectural evidence indicate were in continuous or intermittent usage from the twelfth through fifteenth ... -
Ireland in perspective : the art of Brian O'Doherty / Patrick Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2002)This dissertation set out to evaluate the contribution of an artist known by the double artistic persona, Brian O’Doherty/Patrick Ireland. It is the first critical analysis of the artist’s work over the past forty years. ... -
The life and work of H. Jones Thaddeus 1859-1929
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2000)The early chapters of this thesis cover Harry Jones Thaddeus’s formative years, including his youth in Cork, where he attended and excelled at the Cork School of Art, and received his first commissions, the important period ... -
Anglo-Irish architectural exchange in the early eighteenth-century : patrons, practitioners and pieds-à-terre
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2015)This study sets out to bridge the gap between the formal architectural histories of London and Dublin in the early Georgian period, establishing the links between the vibrant architectural cultures of the two capital cities, ... -
A hierarchical image processing approach to analysis of early medieval manuscript art
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2015)The discipline of art history is one in which digital technologies have traditionally played a minor role. Recently with advances in computing methods, software and the capabilities of hardware, art analysis has begun to ... -
Art-historical thematic research collections: from theory to practice. Case study: Paintings of the interior of the Oude Kerk in delft
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History Of Art, 2018)This thesis explores a thematic collection of architectural paintings of the Oude Kerk in Delft that belong to a unique genre of architectural paintings that flourished in the Dutch Republic around the middle of the ... -
Four illustrators William Brunton, Paul Gray, Mathew Lawless, William McConnell
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 1983)Excerpt from introduction: Between 1855 and 1870 the standard of the art of illustrated magazines in England rose to a new height. There was no single reason for this, it was the result of social, economic, legislative, ... -
Francesco Camilliani and the Florentine garden of Don Luigi de Toledo : a study of fountain production and consumption in the third quarter of the 16th century
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2004)This thesis focuses on the most ambitious sculptural complex created for a private garden in Florence in the third quarter of the 16th century. The main feature of this complex was a large fountain, which was sold to the ... -
Minute masterpieces : study of a late fifteenth-century French Book of Hours (CBL WMs 89)
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2005)This thesis provides a full monographic study of a previously unpublished manuscript book of hours for the use of Rouen now in the collection of the Chester Beatty Library (WMs 89). The manuscript is examined from a ... -
Building the Butler Lordship, 1405-c.1552
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Margaret Stokes (1832-1900) and her intellectual circle : an approach to early Christian art
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John Rocque and the making of the 1756 Exact Survey of Dublin
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Landscape history and management of the Phoenix Park 1800-1880
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2006)This thesis examines the landscape history and management of the Phoenix Park between 1800 and 1880. Even though the formation of Ireland’s only royal Park (Phoenix Park) commenced in 1662 on the instructions of Charles ...
