Browsing History of Art and Architecture (Theses and Dissertations) by Subject "History of Art and Architecture, Ph.D."
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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 ... -
An architectural history of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin c.1540-1870
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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, ... -
Architectural patronage in Ireland : the early Anglo-Norman lords
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2010)This thesis explores the relationship between patronage and architecture in medieval Ireland through an examination of the personal histories and experiences of three key patrons - Hugh de Lacy, John de Courcy and William ... -
British imagination, colonial ideology and the representation of landscape space in nineteenth-century Southern Africa
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Building the Butler Lordship, 1405-c.1552
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Context and subtext of religious art in Madrid during the reign of Philip IV
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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 ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ...