History of Art and Architecture: Recent submissions
Now showing items 81-100 of 1005
-
Perfect ambition, Thomas Bodkin : a life, with particular reference to his influence on the early development of Irish cultural policy
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2002)This research is an analysis of the development of cultural policy in the context of the Irish life and times of Thomas Bodkin. The research methodology involved the use of primary manuscript material relating to personal, ... -
Public & private improvements in eighteenth-century Ireland : the case of the Conynghams of Slane, 1703-1821
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2009)The origins of the concept of improvement lie in the mid-seventeenth century and can be defined as the creation of a new landscape within which new estate villages were laid out, old settlements were restructured and ... -
The early career of George Coppinger Ashlin (1859-1869) : Gothic Revival architect
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2002)This thesis studies the development of the early career of George Coppinger Ashlin (1837-1921). The period covered is from 1859 to 1869 when Ashlin was in partnership with E.W. Pugin. The works of the Pugin and Ashlin ... -
The life and career of an Irish flower painter, Moyra Barry (1885-1960) : flower painting and cultural conservatism in early twentieth-century Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2007) -
Early medieval artistic styles in the Romanesque : 'archaic' architectural sculpture in 11th-13th century Tuscany
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2007)This dissertation deals with a type of sculpture that occurs in many Romanesque churches in Tuscany, whose most essential characteristic is the recreation of styles prevalent in early medieval metalwork and marble relief ... -
Royal religious commissions as political propaganda in Spain under Charles III (1759-1788)
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2000)This thesis examines the development of religious painting in Spain in the second half of the 18th century as a tool of political propaganda in the hands of a royal patron, Charles III. The period under study begins with ... -
Mythical Legends, Moralising Commentaries: The Intertwining of the Sacred and Secular in Fourteenth-Century French Arthurian Manuscripts and Ivories
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History Of Art, 2018)Although today King Arthur is widely perceived as a figure of British origin, likely due in part to Arthur?s inclusion in Geoffrey of Monmouth?s twelfth-century text, Historia Regnum Britanniae, the Arthurian legends were ... -
Billy Quinn: An Artist for a Time of Plague, Work from the 1990s
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2017)This thesis concerns the work of the artist Billy Quinn during the decade of the 1990s. It was a very productive time for him, and a period during which he returned to a much-changed Ireland having spent a number of years ... -
Romanesque chevron ornament
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2001)Chevron ornament was one of the most common forms of architectural decoration during the twelfth century, in particular in Normandy, England and Ireland, and is found in smaller concentrations throughout Europe during the ... -
Mobile encounters : artists' mobility between Ireland and Britain and the development of performance, video and multimedia practices (1975 - 1999)
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2014)This thesis investigates the encounter between Irish and British time-based artists between 1975 and 1999. Taking artists’ mobility as a primary subject of this investigation, the research considers important policy ... -
Building British identity : British architects and the Tudor-Revival country house in Ulster, 1825-50
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2014)This thesis is an examination of the eight Tudor-Revival country houses designed by the British architects Thomas Rickman, Edward Blore, William Walker and George Sudden in the province of Ulster between 1825 and 1850. It ... -
The Albert Bender donations of Far Eastern Art to the National Museum of Ireland in the context of his cultural interests in Ireland and California
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2010)The National Museum of Ireland (formerly the Dublin Science and Art Museum) was founded in 1877. During the late nineteenth/early twentieth century policy dictated that the acquisition of applied/industrial arts be nationally ... -
Commerce and the Celtic Revival : the history of the Irish facsimile industry, 1840-1940
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2013)Broadly speaking, this thesis has demonstrated that as a category facsimiles of Irish archaeological jewellery and metalwork are not merely derivative works, but have aesthetic and cultural value worthy of a devoted study. ... -
Art and devotions to the Passion of Christ in Ireland, 1450-1650
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2012)Passion devotion was an important element of the spiritual lives of the Irish Catholics who lived between the years 1450 and 1650. This interdisciplinary study explores the possible interpretations and uses of devotional ... -
The iconography of mythological themes in German art c.1920-1950
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2000)The purpose of the dissertation is an iconographical analysis of works on mythological themes during the period of the Third Reich: including the lead up to it in the 1920s, and the immediate aftermath to around 1950. As ... -
The culture of architecture in Dublin 1940-1965 : a study of architectural discourse, key competitions and buildings of health, home and worship
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2011)The thesis is a history of architecture in Dublin from c.1940 to c.1965. It is the first in-depth examination of Irish architecture during this period. It explores various relationships around the production and culture ... -
Reconstruction of the Gothic Past : cultures of conservation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2012)This thesis explores the restoration and conservation of Gothic ecclesiastical buildings in Ireland fronn the late eighteenth to the early tw/entieth century. Jwo key cistinct but interrelated contexts have been examined: ... -
Imitation, novelty and eclecticism in the architecture of Domenichino
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2011)This thesis is a building by building i.e. drawing by drawing analysis of Domenichino's entire architectural oeuvre. Focusing on the aspect of imitation as a concept in art theory this examination is largely structured ... -
The planning and use of space in Irish houses 1730-1830
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2009)Much has been written about eighteenth- and nineteenth-century country houses, in both Ireland and Britain. One of the most important books among the wealth of information about British houses is Mark Girouard's seminal ... -
The Kilkenny Marble Works : a family business enterprise
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2011)This thesis is the first comprehensive study of the Colies family of Kilkenny and their business enterprise, the Kilkenny Marble Works. It examines how this local industry influenced the marble trade on a national and ...
