History of Art and Architecture (Theses and Dissertations)
Recent Submissions
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. -
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 ... -
Irish book shrines: a reassessment
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2000)The aim of this thesis is to attempt to determine the dates and sequence of the constructional phases of the Irish book shrines. There are eight known book shrines from Ireland, and in order of chronology they are: the ... -
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 ... -
Art and the Irish Free State - visualizing nationhood (1922 - 1934)
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History Of Art, 2020)This thesis examines how the Irish Free State harnessed visual art for its political purposes in the 1922-34 period. The time frame chosen for this study is purposeful. It spans two different Post-Treaty government ... -
The painting techniques and workshop practices of Guido Reni
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2017)The intention of this thesis is to produce an account of the workshop practices of the seventeenth-century Bolognese painter, Guido Reni. Reni was a painter of great eminence in seicento Italy; a contemporary and competitor ... -
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 ... -
Architecture and aspiration : building Dublin's Victorian suburbs
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2013)The project is an interdisciplinary investigation of Victorian domestic architecture in Dublin, within the broader context of the nineteenth-century city. The study is centred on the developments and acquisitions of three ... -
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 ...