RSS 1.0History of Art and Architecture (Theses and Dissertations)
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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 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 ... -
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 ...
