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Works of Art or Art that Works: A Case Study of ‘Ireland’s Favourite Painting’, 2012- An Aesthetic Response

Anita Vilka
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2013
BA

Subject: Painting and Stained Glass
Country: Ireland
Period: Various

10,000 words

This dissertation looks at ‘Ireland’s Favourite Painting’ poll, carried out by RTE in 2012, as a case study which offers information on aesthetic response from members of the general public. Since Frederic William Burton’s ‘Meeting on the Turret Stairs’ was voted as the favourite painting, close attention is paid to the visual qualities of the work. In this dissertation, research and discoveries in the fields of psyschology and science take presidents over philosophical approach to aesthetics. This dissertation mainly asks the question of why certain paintings appeal to the public more than others? By considering the research of Yarbus and Landau, their work explores the possibility of experimental aesthetics opening up new horizons for the future approaches to history of art and art appreciation.

Improvised Soundart

Paul Vogel
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2006
BA

Subject: Sound art
Country: Ireland, Europe and America
Period: 20th and 21st Century

10,000 words

The Institutionalzation of the Avant-Garde

Tacy Wagner
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2020
BA

Subject: Mixed Media
Country: Germany & Russia
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

Perhaps ‘Weeping’ is too Crude’: A Study of the Representation of Tears in Twentieth- Century Art

Ciara Waldron
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2016
BA

Subject: Painting, Mixed Media, Film and Photography
Country: Belgium, Germany, Spain, America and France
Century: 20th Century

10,000 words

The focus of this study is to trace the representation of tears in art over the course of the twentieth-century. In order to allow an in depth anaylsis, I have chosen specific works from 1920-1970 which are instantly recognisable in their recourse to tears. This period represents the gradual modification of modernist attitudes in the advent of post-modern age and thus allows for a particularly worthwhile study of the emblematic tear and thus allows for a as it intersects the art of the two contrasting periods. By limiting the research to a fifty year period but focusing on artists working in a range of media in various different movements and geographical locations it is hoped to communicate the inherently enigmatic nature of tears which allowed them to cross both cultural and societal boundaries, retaining certain qualities and inhereting new ones.

Le Memorial des Martyrs de la Deportation

Jane Wales
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1998
BA

Subject: Sculpture
Country: France
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

The Issue of Boundaries in Selected Works by Mona Hatoum 1989-2000

Sarah Ann Walsh
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2005
BA

Subject: Sculpture and Installation
Country: General
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

The O'Tunney and Ormond Ateliers; Some Considerations on 2 Schools of Irish Medieval Figure Sculptors

Catherine Ann (Kate) Walsh
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2005
BA

Subject: Sculpture
Country: Ireland
Period: 16th Century

10,000 words

The Country Houses of Co. Galway

Anne Walsh
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1987
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 17th - 20th Century

10,000 words

The Irish Face

Laura Walsh
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1998
BA

Subject: Sculpture
Country: Ireland
Period: Medieval

10,000 words

O’ Keeffe’s Books- The Seeds of Influence and the Blossoming of O’ Keeffe

Georgian Walsh
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2013
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: America
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

‘Creatures of Many Imaginings’: An In-Depth Study of the Responses to Symbolism by Irish Artists (1893-1931)

Muireann Walsh
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2019
BA

Subject: Painting, Prints, Stained Glass
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th & 20th centuries

10,000 words

The purpose of this dissertation will be to examine the response by Irish artists to the Symbolist movement during the period 1893-1931. As one of the lesser-recognised developments in Irish Modernist art, the scholarly study of Irish Symbolism has been marred by indifference and neglect. However, Irish works of art executed in a Symbolist expression may reveal vital insight into the ‘fin-de-siecle’ era which was marked by revived creativity, burgeoning nationalist sentiment and explorations in spirituality. A new approach predicated upon a cohesive and in-depth exploration of work, is required in order to understand the engagement with Irish Symbolist art. This theoretical exploration of formal, ideological and artistic processes will comprise three separate case studies of Roderic O’ Conor, George ‘AE’ Russell and Harry Clarke.

Where Does Waste Go? Situating Representations of Consumer Waste

Donal Walsh
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2021
BA

Subject: Photography, Websites
Country: Germany, Spain, USA, Canada
Period: 21st Century

10,000 words

Graham Knuttel

Edward James Ward
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2002
BA

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

10,000 words

Reading without Words: Exploring the Visual Narrative in Shaun Tan’s ‘The Arrival’

Elizabeth Ward
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2018
BA

Subject: Mixed Media
Country: Australia
Period: 21st Century

10,000 words

‘The Arrival’ (2006) is an internationally acclaimed wordless picturebook by Australian artist and writer Shaun Tan that deals with the topic of migration and the wider issue of belonging. Comprising solely of the visual, it tells the story of one man’s experience as he is forced to leave his home country and travel to a new, unknown environment. ‘The Arrival’ has been studied extensively in the fields of literature and sociology, but this dissertation approaches it as a form of visual art. It examines in detail the processes and techniques involved in the book’s creation, and analyses how Tan constructs his visual narrative. In particular, it explores the diverse methods of visual coding used to engage the view and progress the storyline. Tan’s many art historical sources and visual references incorporated in the work will be discussed.

'Worpswede' by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated from the German by Jasminka Ward-Matievic

Jasminka Ward-Matievic
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1984
BA

Subject: Literature
Country: Germany
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

Edwin Lutyens: Where is the Viceroys House?

Leonard Ronald Warne
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1998
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: India
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. A building history

Gloria Gaghan Warner
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1976
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 12th to 19th Century

10,000 words

The Mighty Linen Warehouses of Belfast. (1850-1875)

Colleen Watters
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1984
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Northern Ireland
Period: 19th Century

10,000 words

Enriching the Environment? Public Sculpture in Dublin

Sarah Melissa Webb
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1991
BA

Subject: Sculpture
Country: Ireland

10,000 words

Han van Meegeren. How Were the Experts Fooled?

Nick Webb
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1995
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Holland
Period: 19th and 20th Century

10,000 words

“All art is collaboration.” John Millington Synge, Jack B Yeats and the Relationship Between Text and Image in ‘The Aran Islands’ (1907)

Ella Wedderburn
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2020
BA

Subject: Illustrations, Photography, Text
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

This dissertation is centred around John Millington Synge’s The Aran Islands’ (1907), illustrated by Jack B. Yeats. An interdisciplinary approach is taken in the exploration of the relationship between text and image. As a product of the Irish Literary Revival, the cultural context from which the book emerged is of considerable importance.The first chapter explores ideologies of the Revival and how these manifest in both text and image, tropes such as the myth of the west, the myth of Aran and the noble savage are explored. The notable presence of primitivism in Synge’s text is also discussed and contextualissed in relation to wider trends in Europe. The second chapter discuss photographs taken by Synge on the Islands and the third chapter focuses on Jack B.Yeat’s illustrations.

A Stylistic Analysis of the St. Manchan Shrine Figures

Fiona Whelan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2008
BA

Subject: Sculpture
Country: Ireland
Period: 12th Century

10,000 words

The Assumption of the Virgin in Sienese Altarpieces and Panel Paintings of the 14th and 15th centuries

Maria Colette Whelan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2002
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Italy
Period: 14th and 15th Century

10,000 words

The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare: An Art Historical Investigation

Beatrice Whelan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2001
BA

Subject: Architecture and Sculpture
Country: Ireland and Italy
Period: 19th Century

10,000 words

This dissertation investigates all aspects of the Gothic revival Church of St. Peter and Paul in Monasterevin, built during the famine. The author outlines the local social and religious context in which the church was built and traces the building progress of the church using primary sources. Among many issues covered is the attainment of land and building stone for the church and the question of funding the building of the church during the famine. The interior decoration and stained glass of the church is discussed using primary sources such as newspaper accounts and old photographs. The career of the architect of the church, William Deane Butler, is examined and the architecture of the church analysed in relation to the architect's other churches. The final chapter discusses the provenancing of the Italian Baroque altar rails in the church which were originally made for the church of S. Stefano in Venice.

Education Theses Register —B.A.

Works of Art or Art that Works: A Case Study of ‘Ireland’s Favourite Painting’, 2012- An Aesthetic Response

Improvised Soundart

The Institutionalzation of the Avant-Garde

Perhaps ‘Weeping’ is too Crude’: A Study of the Representation of Tears in Twentieth- Century Art

Le Memorial des Martyrs de la Deportation

The Issue of Boundaries in Selected Works by Mona Hatoum 1989-2000

The O'Tunney and Ormond Ateliers; Some Considerations on 2 Schools of Irish Medieval Figure Sculptors

The Country Houses of Co. Galway

The Irish Face

O’ Keeffe’s Books- The Seeds of Influence and the Blossoming of O’ Keeffe

‘Creatures of Many Imaginings’: An In-Depth Study of the Responses to Symbolism by Irish Artists (1893-1931)

Where Does Waste Go? Situating Representations of Consumer Waste

Graham Knuttel

Reading without Words: Exploring the Visual Narrative in Shaun Tan’s ‘The Arrival’

'Worpswede' by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated from the German by Jasminka Ward-Matievic

Edwin Lutyens: Where is the Viceroys House?

Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. A building history

The Mighty Linen Warehouses of Belfast. (1850-1875)

Enriching the Environment? Public Sculpture in Dublin

Han van Meegeren. How Were the Experts Fooled?

“All art is collaboration.” John Millington Synge, Jack B Yeats and the Relationship Between Text and Image in ‘The Aran Islands’ (1907)

A Stylistic Analysis of the St. Manchan Shrine Figures

The Assumption of the Virgin in Sienese Altarpieces and Panel Paintings of the 14th and 15th centuries

The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare: An Art Historical Investigation

Education Theses Register —
B.A.