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Four Illustrators: William Brunton, Paul Gray, Matthew Lawless and William McConnell

Christopher M. C. Bailey
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1983
MLitt

Subject: Illustration
Country: U.K.
Period: 19th Century

Supervisor: Anne Crookshank
Approximately 30,000-40,000 words

The Domination of Men by Women in Fifteenth Century Florence

Fiona Bailey
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1999
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Italy
Period: 15th Century

10,000 words

The Art and Politics of Eviction Imagery, 1840-1890

Fiona Bailey
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2005

M. Phil (Irish Art History)

Subject: Art
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century

Supervisor: Dr. Yvonne Scott
20,000

The Impact of Commentary on Text and Image in Early Thirteenth Century Bibles Produced in France

Nina Baker
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2019
M. Litt

Subject: Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts
Period: 13th Century

Supervisor: Dr Laura Cleaver
Approx. 60,000 - 80,000 words

An Architectural History of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin

Roisin Barron
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2014
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

This thesis constructs an architectural history of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin. In 1930s Ireland, there was a recognised need for a children’s teaching hospital with specialised paediatric facilities and accommodation. This work explores how all these factors were realised. The discussion will situate the hospital in the context of contemporaneous Irish and European hospital architecture. The factors which had an impact on the design of the building will be addressed. In regard to architectural style, Crumlin Hospital displays influences of the International Style and the Amsterdam School together with emerging trends in Swedish Modernism. The tenets of function, structure and pleasing aesthetic were honoured in the construction and many new innovations were incorporated into the final stage.

Kilkenny Cathedral: A Study of its Architecture

Siuban Barry
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1984
MLitt

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: Medieval

Supervisor: Prof. Roger Stalley
Approx. 30,000-40,000 words

Stella Steyn (1907-1987)

Stephanie Barry
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2007
MPhil (Irish Art History)

Subject: Painting
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Dr Yvonne Scott
20,000

Merrion Square: A Documentary and Architectural Study

Siuban Barry
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1977
BA

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

10,000 words

An examination of the iconographic evolution of the image of Christ in Early Christian Art.

Georgina Barter
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2017
BA

Subject: Frescoes, Mosaics and Sculpture
Country: Italy and Greece
Period: Early Christian

10,000 words

This dissertation examines the iconographical evolution of the image of Christ in Early Christian art. For the purposes of this thesis, it is assumed that the typical rendering of Jesus Christ as the fair skinned adult male with long brown hair, is instantly recognizable to most people. It is an image that has not changed dramatically since the sixth century. The divinity associated with the image of Christ gives it a significant amount of religious importance especially for Christians themselves, but where did this symbolic image come from? How has it changed since its inception? It is intended in this work to examine the origins of the image of Christ and trace the iconographic evolution of his image as it is developed throughout the Early Christian period. The time frame under examination is mid 3rd century AD to mid 6th century AD.

Amadeo Modigliani and his Singularity in the History of Art

Sarah Barter
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2012
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: France and Italy
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

This thesis aims ‘to discuss the position of the work of the Italian born artist Amadeo Modigliani in the history of art. ‘His formative years in Italy where he was exposed to the classical art of antiquity and also to the highly academic works of the Italian Renaissance’ will be discussed. This background gave him an understanding of the traditions of classicism. ‘His career in Paris introduced him to the Modernist movements and developments.’ ‘His work displays ‘a variety of influences and inspirations.’ His art shows ‘a love for the old, traditional, classical, but also with a desire to modernise and make his art of his time.’ His position in the history of art in Paris in the early twentieth century, ‘at a time of such upheaval and change’ will be discussed. The influence of sculpture on his work and his sculptural style will be examined as will his ability to reintrepret the classical style in a modern idiom.

Church of St. John the Evangelist, Sandymount

Helen Bartlett
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1991
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century

10,000 words

The Onto-Aesthetics of Change: Deleuze and Contemporary Interdisciplinary Body-Oriented Art

Burcu Baykan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2017
PhD

Subject: Art
Period: 21st Century

Approx. 60,000 - 80,000 words

Portraiture in Revolutionary England (1640-1660). (Problems of identity in a cultural vacuum)

Elizabeth M. Behan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1993
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: England
Period: 17th Century

10,000 words

Metrology and Proportion in the Window Tracery of Medieval Ireland : an Empirical Study of Ormond and Connaught

Avril Behan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2012
PhD

Subject: Architecture, Ornament
Country: Ireland
Period: 12th Century to 14th Century

Supervisor: Dr Rachel Moss
Approx. 60,000 - 80,000 words

The Artist's Whore : 'Painted Lady' or Pretext?

Manda C. Bell
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1993
MPhil

Subject: Painting

Seeking the Sacred in Brutalist Architecture

Iona Belov
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2020
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Austria
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens

Mary Sheila Catherine Bennett
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1981
BA

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

10,000 words

Eakins Uncovered: The Artist, the Nude and Photography

Suzie Bennett
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2014
BA

Subject: Painting and Photography
Country: America
Period: 19th Century

10,000 words

Keeping Up Appearances: The Etiquette of Dress in Victorian Art

Marion Bergin
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2001
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Great Britain
Period: 19th Century

10,000 words

This dissertation explores the previously unexamined aspect of nineteenth century costume, namely it's appearance in the art of the period. By examining Victorian costume through art, the author aims to view the costume in its original, day-to-day use, with the advantage that paintings "provide us with an alternate view of fashion and...record subtle nuances of the etiquette of dress." The etiquette of Victorian dress, in particular in relation to the bourgeois of Victorian society, is explored extensively using the paintings of the painters of bourgeoisie realism such as William Powell Frith. A background history outlining the developments that led to the rise of the fashion industry in the nineteenth century is followed by chapters on Victorian etiquette, contemporary ideas in relation to pictures depicting the middle class, and costume in domestic genre scenes. By examining this one aspect of Victorian painting, the author concludes with an original insight into the art of the period.

The art of Henry Darger; an examination of his paintings at the Irish Museum of Modern Art

Helen Bermingham
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2005
MA

Subject: Painting and Drawing
Country: America and Ireland (IMMA collection)
Period: 20th Century

This dissertation outlines the life of Henry Darger and analyses those of his works that are held by the Irish Museum of Modern Art. The issue of his labelling as an outsider artist is dealt with and a conscious stance is taken to discuss his work in a manner independent of this label.The work ‘At Jennie Richee pursued by the fury of the long tropical thunderstorm they get lost in volcanic cavern’ is analysed in terms of the artist’s processes of depiction and the gender issues in the painting. Darger’s creation of imaginary creatures (the Blenglinomenians), their possible sources and their execution are discussed as is the relationship of Darger’s pictorially depicted imaginations to his novel ‘In the realms of the unreal.’ Darger’s remaining paintings in the IMMA collection are analysed in relation to his novel and his other paintings.

The Dublin Art Foundry : Bronze casting in Ireland

Clare Maria Bermingham
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1984
BA

Subject: Sculpture, Bronze Casting and Bronze Sculptures
Country: Ireland: Dublin
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

Franciscan Architecture: Comparing Orders, Patronage and Art in Assisi and Waterford

Marian Berthoud
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2017
MPhil (Art and Ireland)

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland: Waterford

Supervisor: Dr Rachel Moss
15,000-20,000

A Study of Capitals Stored in the Crypt of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin

Marie Betts
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1999
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 12th, 13th and 19th Century

10,000 words

“The Lover of Nature” ; A Study of John Lavery’s Paintings at Grez-sur-Loing, 1883, 1884, 1897 and 1900 and their Subsequent Influence on his Later Work

Arabella Bishop
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1992
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: France
Period: 19th Century

10,000 words

Education Theses Register —Department of History of Art and Architecture

Four Illustrators: William Brunton, Paul Gray, Matthew Lawless and William McConnell

The Domination of Men by Women in Fifteenth Century Florence

The Art and Politics of Eviction Imagery, 1840-1890

The Impact of Commentary on Text and Image in Early Thirteenth Century Bibles Produced in France

An Architectural History of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin

Kilkenny Cathedral: A Study of its Architecture

Stella Steyn (1907-1987)

Merrion Square: A Documentary and Architectural Study

An examination of the iconographic evolution of the image of Christ in Early Christian Art.

Amadeo Modigliani and his Singularity in the History of Art

Church of St. John the Evangelist, Sandymount

The Onto-Aesthetics of Change: Deleuze and Contemporary Interdisciplinary Body-Oriented Art

Portraiture in Revolutionary England (1640-1660). (Problems of identity in a cultural vacuum)

Metrology and Proportion in the Window Tracery of Medieval Ireland : an Empirical Study of Ormond and Connaught

The Artist's Whore : 'Painted Lady' or Pretext?

Seeking the Sacred in Brutalist Architecture

Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens

Eakins Uncovered: The Artist, the Nude and Photography

Keeping Up Appearances: The Etiquette of Dress in Victorian Art

The art of Henry Darger; an examination of his paintings at the Irish Museum of Modern Art

The Dublin Art Foundry : Bronze casting in Ireland

Franciscan Architecture: Comparing Orders, Patronage and Art in Assisi and Waterford

A Study of Capitals Stored in the Crypt of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin

“The Lover of Nature” ; A Study of John Lavery’s Paintings at Grez-sur-Loing, 1883, 1884, 1897 and 1900 and their Subsequent Influence on his Later Work

Education Theses Register —
Department of History of Art and Architecture