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Theory in Art: The Meaning Inherent in Theory in Postmodern Art

Olivia Hegarty
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2002
BA

Subject: Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Country: Europe and North America
Period: 20th- 21th Century

10,000 words

The Romanesque Church in Lippoldsberg

Katia Henke
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1991
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Germany
Period: 12th Century to 21st Century

10,000 words

A Study of the Canopied Tomb Niche in Strade Friary, Co. Mayo

Lynne Henry
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1999
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 15th and 16th Century

10,000 words

An Examination of Suffragette Vandalism Against Public Artworks in Britain

Róisín Hickey
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2022
BA

Subject: Public Art, Political Activism
Country: Britain
Period: 20th century

10,000 words

The Changing Status of the Artist in the Context of the Art Market

Laura Hickson
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2001
BA

Subject: Painting and Sculpture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

The Pain Brothers’ Church of Ireland Commissions

Roger C. Hill
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1991
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century

10,000 words

"‘Another Foreign Painter, An American, Mr. John Sargent’"

Kathleen Hirsch
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2023
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: USA
Period: 19th Century

10,000 words

Half the Sky: A Study of Gender in the Work of Three Contemporary Chinese Women Artists

Irene Ho
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2015
BA

Subject: Installation, Sculpture and Mixed Media
Country: China
Period: 21st Century

10,000 words

This thesis presents the work of three contemporary Chinese women artists-Lin Tianmaio, Hu Xiaoyuan and He Chengyao - in the context of gender. Their oeuvres are expemplary of the work produced by Chinese women artists of generations following Chairman Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution of 1969-1979. These women artists have worked with a new set of themes and issues relating closely to personal experience and memory. Through the focus on specifically female experience, their work is almost invariably presented (and inevitably read) in a gendered fashion. Using Lin, Hu and He’s opera as case studies, the dissertation will aim to show that these generations bring the political to light through a study of three key themes. These are tradition, body as theme and material and motherhood and loneliness.

French Military Paintings and the Chester Beatty Bequest to the National Gallery of Ireland

Tom Hodson
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2008
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: France and Ireland
Period: Late 19th and 20th Century

10,000 words

Kilmallock Dominican Priory

Arlene Hogan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1989
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 13th Century

10,000 words

Christ’s Sign of Benediction An Interaction Between Art & Spectator

Sophie Joy Hogan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2014
BA

Subject: Painting and Manuscripts
Country: Italy, France and Belgium
Period: 15th and 16th Century

10,000 words

A Comparison between the Vanitas paintings of Northern (Protestant) Europe and Southern (Catholic) Europe during the Dutch Golden Age (1588- 1672)

Suzanne Holland - Mayes
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2022
BA

Subject: Still Life, Painting
Country: Europe
Period: 17th century

10,000 words

La Collegiale Saint - Aubin de Guerande.

John Ronald P. H. Holmes
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1991
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: France
Period: 12th- 15th Century

10,000 words

Summerhill House, Co. Meath A Palace Among Houses

Robert Andrew Holton
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2018
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th and 19th Century

10,000 words

The Dublin Millennium Sculpture Symposium - A Uniquely “Irish” Symposium

Niamh Hooper
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1992
BA

Subject: Sculpture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

Blasphemy in Art: Blasphemous Christian Themes in Contemporary Fine Art

Catherine Howley
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2009
BA

Subject: Painting, Sculpture, Prints and Mixed Media
Country: America, England, Germany and Russia
Period: 20th to 21st Century

10,000 words

Angelica Kauffmann: A Female Artist’s Work in Ireland

Michaela Hughes
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1993
BA

Subject: Painting, Drawing and Applied Arts
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th and 19th Century

10,000 words

Cranach’s Eve: An Exegetical Examination of the Representation of Eve in the Sixteenth Century ‘Luther Bible’

Eleanor Huges
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2016
BA

Subject: Paining, Manuscripts, Books and Prints
Country: Germany
Century: 16th Century

10,000 words

The thesis will argue that the ‘Creation’ page in the so-called ‘Luther Bible’ of 1534, illustrated by Lucas Cranach the Elder’s workshop, supports a more egalitarian reading of Eve’s nature in Genesis in comparison to its predecessors. Feminist biblical scholars often overlook printed illustrated when considering this. It is proposed here that Cranach’s workshop chiaroscuro woodcuts offer a more profane representation of Adam and Eve in comparison to Cranach’s courtly nudes. These profane nudes arguably support Luther’s theological agenda for releasing the ‘Word of God’ and for a wide use of the vernacular translation of the Bible. Moreover, the 1534 ‘Creation’ page is a vehicle for this Reformer’s interpretation of Genesis 1-3, challenging traditional visual exegesis of Eve especially.

The Print Room at Castletown House, Co. Kildare

Fiona Mary Hunt
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1991
BA

Subject: Print
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th Century

10,000 words

Framing the Nation: Making the Case for an Irish National Portrait Gallery

Emily Hussey
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2019
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Ireland, America
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

Divining Bloodshed Examining the Theme of Blood in Devotional Imagery of the Early Modern Period

Meabh Hyland
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2012
BA

Subject: Painting and Sculpture
Country: Italy, Spain, Belgium, Germany and Holland
Period: 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th Century

10,000 words

First and Foremost a Painter: The Evolution of Eithne Jordan

Clodagh Hynes
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2018
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th and 21st Century

10,000 words

The aim of this dissertation is to take an in-depth look at the work of Irish artist Eithne Jordan and attempt to understand the changes and transitions that have occurred in her work since her career began in the 1980s. Though she has always remained dedicated to the art of painting, her career has undergone a number of shifts in technique, subject matter and style. Without proper investigation, these changes may seem unprecedented or difficult to explain. However, through a deeper understanding of her work, we can make connections between the various periods in her career and better suggest the reasons why the artist may have chosen to develop in the directions that she did. Overall, it is hoped to give the reader a clear picture of the reasons Jordan’s work has evolved in the way that it has.

The Pink Sheep: Encountering the Other in Alexander McQueen’s ‘Voss’

Louise Hynes
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2017
BA

Subject: Fashion
Country: England
Period: 21st Century

10,000 words

This dissertation offers a new approach to studying the work of the late fashion designer, Lee ‘Alexander’ McQueen (1969-2010). It proposes that by identifying the factors that rendered McQueen as the Other, both in his personal and professional life, one can obtain a better understanding of McQueen’s rich body of work. At the centre of this research is the designer’s Spring/Summer 2001 Ready-to-Wear collection, ‘Voss’. In the advent of a great change in McQueen’s career, Voss is positioned here as McQueen’s ultimate encounter with the Other. Beneath the narrative facade of female hysteria, was an expression of an artist on the brink of his personal and creative frustration. By locating the work of Alexander McQueen within an art historical and sociological framework, this dissertation seeks to offer an encompassing consideration of McQueen’s designs and identity.

Illustrating a Modern Inferno, Three Modern Artists’ Mirroring of Dante’s Inferno in their Contemporary Worked

Igoe Flora
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2020
BA

Subject: Mixed Media
Country: Ireland, Spain and USA
Period: 20th & 21st centuries

10,000 words

Education Theses Register —B.A.

Theory in Art: The Meaning Inherent in Theory in Postmodern Art

The Romanesque Church in Lippoldsberg

A Study of the Canopied Tomb Niche in Strade Friary, Co. Mayo

An Examination of Suffragette Vandalism Against Public Artworks in Britain

The Changing Status of the Artist in the Context of the Art Market

The Pain Brothers’ Church of Ireland Commissions

"‘Another Foreign Painter, An American, Mr. John Sargent’"

Half the Sky: A Study of Gender in the Work of Three Contemporary Chinese Women Artists

French Military Paintings and the Chester Beatty Bequest to the National Gallery of Ireland

Kilmallock Dominican Priory

Christ’s Sign of Benediction An Interaction Between Art & Spectator

A Comparison between the Vanitas paintings of Northern (Protestant) Europe and Southern (Catholic) Europe during the Dutch Golden Age (1588- 1672)

La Collegiale Saint - Aubin de Guerande.

Summerhill House, Co. Meath A Palace Among Houses

The Dublin Millennium Sculpture Symposium - A Uniquely “Irish” Symposium

Blasphemy in Art: Blasphemous Christian Themes in Contemporary Fine Art

Angelica Kauffmann: A Female Artist’s Work in Ireland

Cranach’s Eve: An Exegetical Examination of the Representation of Eve in the Sixteenth Century ‘Luther Bible’

The Print Room at Castletown House, Co. Kildare

Framing the Nation: Making the Case for an Irish National Portrait Gallery

Divining Bloodshed Examining the Theme of Blood in Devotional Imagery of the Early Modern Period

First and Foremost a Painter: The Evolution of Eithne Jordan

The Pink Sheep: Encountering the Other in Alexander McQueen’s ‘Voss’

Illustrating a Modern Inferno, Three Modern Artists’ Mirroring of Dante’s Inferno in their Contemporary Worked

Education Theses Register —
B.A.