Browsing History of Art and Architecture (Theses and Dissertations) by Title
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Perceptions and uses of Gothic in Irish domestic and ecclesiastical architecture, 1800 - 1815
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2016)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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
The power of display: exhibition cultures and exhibited cultures in Ireland 1973-1991
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History Of Art, 2020)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 ... -
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 ... -
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: ... -
Representations of music in nineteenth-century French art
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History Of Art, 2021)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 ... -
Roderic O'Conor 1860-1940
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 1992)This study documents the life and work of the Irish artist Roderic O'Conor, placing his drawings, prints, and paintings in their appropriate historical context. -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Sarah Cecilia Harrison (1863-1941): her art and politics, a critical examination
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History Of Art, 2024)This thesis critically assesses Sarah Cecilia Harrison (1863-1941) as an artist, a political activist and a social and cultural campaigner. In each of these roles she was an instigator rather than follower. The account ... -
Studies in eighteenth-century building history
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 1998)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 ... -
The Testament of Stone: Understanding the past, present, and future cultural significance of the long lives of the Irish high crosses.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History Of Art, 2024)The Irish High Crosses are a unique group of monuments that, relative to their size, convey a exceptional amount of information about the early Christian period in which they were made. Over the past one hundred and fifty ... -
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 ... -
The architecture and archaeology of St Audoen's Church, Cornmarket, Dublin
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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 ... -
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 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 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 ... -
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)