Browsing History of Art and Architecture (Theses and Dissertations) by Date of Publication
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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, ... -
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. -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 architecture and archaeology of St Audoen's Church, Cornmarket, Dublin
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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 ... -
Margaret Stokes (1832-1900) and her intellectual circle : an approach to early Christian art
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Context and subtext of religious art in Madrid during the reign of Philip IV
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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 ... -
Andrew Caldwell (1733-1808) : a study of a 'guardian of taste and genius'
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Medieval Irish wooden figure sculpture
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British imagination, colonial ideology and the representation of landscape space in nineteenth-century Southern Africa
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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 ...