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Is it not about Banksy?

Sacha Cahill
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2012
BA

Subject: Graffiti and Media
Country: England
Period: 21st Century

10,000 words

Ercole de' Roberti and the Griffoni Predella

Stephen Campbell
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1985
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Italy
Period: 15th Century

10,000 words

‘Not Many Years Ago Inhabited’ A Critical Evaluation of the Restoration of Bremore Castle, Balbriggan

Ronan Carey
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2016
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Century: 16th Century

10,000 words

Unravelling the origins of the Raphael Cartoons in the National Gallery of Ireland: An Investigation of the Origins of the NGI Cartoons and their Relationship to the Raphael Tapestry Cartoons in the V & A

Christine Carey
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2011
BA

Subject: Painting, Cartoons, Tapestry and Restoration
Country: Ireland and Italy
Period: 16th Century

10,000 words

This dissertation examines the origins of two full size tapestry cartoons in

the National Gallery of Ireland. Archival research was undertaken to provide documentary evidence for the provenance of the cartoons. An examination of the structure of the cartoons and a close visual analysis was carried out in order in order to provide objective criteria against which the Raphael tapestry cartoons in the V & A could be compared. The findings of this research were assimilated into a plausible historical context of tapestry and cartoon production. Overall findings suggest that the NGI cartoons are sixteenth century working tapestry cartoons, that were directly replicated from the Raphael tapestry cartoons by a process of spolvero. Their fluency and quality of painting suggest that an artist of note, who was familiar with the nuances of Raphael’s work and tapestry cartoons, was responsible for their execution.

Guillaume Guillon-Lethiere (1760-1832) An investigation into the life and works of al mixed-race Caribbean artist in pre and post-revolutionary France

Sophie Carey
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2018
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: France
Period: 18th and 19th Century

10,000 words

This dissertation grew out of an initial inquiry into abolitionist paintings which led to the discovery of ‘Oath of the Ancestors’ by Guillaume Guillon-Lethere. Initial research into the artist (which required several variations of his surname: Le Thiers, Lethier, Lethiere) elicited few results which revealed the lack of interest and scholarship that has been devoted to Lethiere. As a result, this dissertation is a study of Guillaume Guillon-Lethiere (1760-1832), a French artist of mixed-race origins from Guadelope in the French West Indies. The dissertation seeks to prove that the lack of scholarship undertaken on the artist’s work does not reflect his prominence as an artist of his time. Lethere was not an obscure painting, but rather was one of the most prominent figures of the French art world at the end of a turbulent century.

The Taqrir of al-Dashtaki. Chester Beatty Library manuscript Ar4220 an illustrated treatise on astronomy written in Arabic in 16th century Persia.

Moya Carey
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1997
BA

Subject: Manuscript
Country: Iran
Period: 16th Century

10,000 words

‘A Blind Alley’: The Cessation of Paul Egestorff’s Artistic Career

Nicola Carroll
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2006
BA

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

10,000 words

This dissertation presents an investigation of the reasons behind the cessation of Paul Egestorff’s artistic career. The author considers Egestorff’s training under Mainie Jellett and examines the extent to which his work can be said to have progressed in style and subject matter from her teaching. His exhibitions with the Royal Hibernian Academy, Water Colour Society of Ireland, Irish Exhibition of Living Art and the White Stag Group are discussed. Particular attention is paid to the artist’s one-man show at the Grafton Gallery in 1949 with a view to assessing the relevance of the critical reception of the exhibition as the catalyst for the artist’s decision to cease painting. The author also considers the resurrgence and reassesment of Egestorff’s work in the 1990’s. The dissertation icludes extensive appendices of primary source material, such as exhibition histories, critical reviews, original catalogues

Caravaggio’s Gay Guys?

Shannon Carroll
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2017
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Italy
Period: 17th Century

10,000 words

This dissertation is a contemporary exploration and reconsideration of some of the key paintings by Caravaggio, which are often considered to evoke a sense of homoeroticism. Certain aspects of these paintings are read as homosexual inclinations of the artist and have been used as the basis for arguments supporting the artist’s homosexuality. Seductive homosexual aspects and connotations have been extrapolated from his paintings in their analysis, a continuation of which can also be seen in the work of his followers.The resulting debate emerging from this, has glorified Caravaggio and his work, creating a modern gay icon. The research conducted throughout this thesis, hopes to acknowledge these aspects of Caravaggio and his followers work, but seeks to present how this acclaimed homosexual status may be based on dogmatic terms.

The Eighteenth Century Hospitals in Dublin

Noreen Casey
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1982
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th Century

10,000 words

Luxury Modernism. A Contradiction in Terms? Investigation Modern Opulence at the Villa Cavrois by Robert Mallet-Stevens

Timothy Casserly
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2019
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: France
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

Images of Music in Religious and Genre Paintings in Seventeenth Century Italy and Spain

Ciara Cavanagh
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2008
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Italy and Spain
Period: 17th Century

10,000 words

The Construction of a Divine Image to Consolidate the Power of the Byzantine Empress 300-550 AD

Sean Ceroni
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2019
BA

Subject: Mosaics, Frescoes, Ivories, Coins, Sculpture
Country: Greece, Italy
Period: 5-6th centuries

10,000 words

‘Who Will Save Us? We Will Save Ourselves’ Queer Artists’ Responses to the AIDS Crisis: The Connection Between the Erotic and Activist

Kyle Chambers
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2018
BA

Subject: Mixed Media
Country: USA
Period: 20th and 21st Century

10,000 words

Salvator Rosa: A Study of his Portraits and Self-Portraits

Katy Cherry
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2003
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Italy
Period: 17th Century

10,000 words

A catalogue of the paintings and architectural drawings in the possession of Major E.A.S Cosby of Stradbally Hall with lists of the drawings and the prints

Lucv Chevenix Trench
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1977
BA

Subject: Paintings & Architectural drawing
Country: Ireland
Period 18th Century

10,000 words

Tastemakers An Analysis of Taste in a Postmodern Context

Adriana Ciravegna
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2013
BA

Subject: Painting, Architecture and Mixed Media
Country: England and America
Period: 20th and 21st Century

10,000 words

Viennese Actionism; the Body as a Medium

Jennifer Claffey
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2012
BA

Subject: Performance Art
Country: Austria
Period: 20th and 21st Century

10,000 words

Unveiling the Existential Element in Louis le Brocquy’s Presence Series

Helen Lee Claffey
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2017
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

The aim of this dissertation is to examine the significance of Louis le Brocquy’s Presence Series (1956-1966) under an existential discourse, namely Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Existentialism, focusing on the inexlicable nature of human existence is strongly reflected in le Brocquy’s ambiguous images of inchoate beings. The key themes preoccuping both artist and philosopher present a mutally illuminating dialogue. Le Brocquy’s focus and desire to question the existence of the elusive Presences in terms of the visible and the invisible will be correlated with Merleau-Ponty’s texts on similar concerns. Although le Brocquy was not a self-declared existentialist, a philosophical understanding of the mysterious and expressive work from this decade sets out to resituate le Brocquy in an international context.

“Heroism, royalty and the Street.” The Life and Works of Jean-Michel Basquiat

Dan Clancy
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2004
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: America
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

"A Pair of Eyes". (Henry George Quin as a "neo-classical Irish Grand Tourist".)

Jacqueline Clarke
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1980
BA

Subject: art
Country: The Grand Tour
Period: 18th Century

10,000 words

A Comparative Study: Museum Displays of Fashion (1950-2021)

Julia Clarke
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2021
BA

Subject: Fashion
Country: England, USA
Period: 20th & 21st Century

10,000 words

Three Stained Glass Windows in the Diocese of Meath and Kildare. ( by Alfred Earnest Child, Michael Healy, and Harry Clarke)

Rachel Clarke
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1994
BA

Subject: Stained Glass
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

The Black Paintings of Goya

Caroline Clarke
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1984
BA

Subject: Painting, Drawing and Print
Country: Spain
Period: 18th and 19th Century

10,000 words

The Damnatio Memoriae of Seventeenth Century Female Artists: How Judith Leyster, Artemisia Gentileschi and Michaelina Wautier Survived Misattribution

Annie Mae Clear
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2020
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: France, Holland and Italy
Period: 17th Century

10,000 words

Education Theses Register —B.A.

Is it not about Banksy?

Ercole de' Roberti and the Griffoni Predella

‘Not Many Years Ago Inhabited’ A Critical Evaluation of the Restoration of Bremore Castle, Balbriggan

Unravelling the origins of the Raphael Cartoons in the National Gallery of Ireland: An Investigation of the Origins of the NGI Cartoons and their Relationship to the Raphael Tapestry Cartoons in the V & A

Guillaume Guillon-Lethiere (1760-1832) An investigation into the life and works of al mixed-race Caribbean artist in pre and post-revolutionary France

The Taqrir of al-Dashtaki. Chester Beatty Library manuscript Ar4220 an illustrated treatise on astronomy written in Arabic in 16th century Persia.

‘A Blind Alley’: The Cessation of Paul Egestorff’s Artistic Career

Caravaggio’s Gay Guys?

The Eighteenth Century Hospitals in Dublin

Luxury Modernism. A Contradiction in Terms? Investigation Modern Opulence at the Villa Cavrois by Robert Mallet-Stevens

Images of Music in Religious and Genre Paintings in Seventeenth Century Italy and Spain

The Construction of a Divine Image to Consolidate the Power of the Byzantine Empress 300-550 AD

‘Who Will Save Us? We Will Save Ourselves’ Queer Artists’ Responses to the AIDS Crisis: The Connection Between the Erotic and Activist

Salvator Rosa: A Study of his Portraits and Self-Portraits

A catalogue of the paintings and architectural drawings in the possession of Major E.A.S Cosby of Stradbally Hall with lists of the drawings and the prints

Tastemakers An Analysis of Taste in a Postmodern Context

Viennese Actionism; the Body as a Medium

Unveiling the Existential Element in Louis le Brocquy’s Presence Series

“Heroism, royalty and the Street.” The Life and Works of Jean-Michel Basquiat

"A Pair of Eyes". (Henry George Quin as a "neo-classical Irish Grand Tourist".)

A Comparative Study: Museum Displays of Fashion (1950-2021)

Three Stained Glass Windows in the Diocese of Meath and Kildare. ( by Alfred Earnest Child, Michael Healy, and Harry Clarke)

The Black Paintings of Goya

The Damnatio Memoriae of Seventeenth Century Female Artists: How Judith Leyster, Artemisia Gentileschi and Michaelina Wautier Survived Misattribution

Education Theses Register —
B.A.