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Picasso and Ireland Analysing the Exposure to, and Reception of, Picasso in Ireland and his Influences on Irish artists

Nuala Ni Shuilleabhain
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2019
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Ireland, Spain
Period: 20th century

10,000 words

The Role of Picturesque Drawing in Architecture

Eimear Nic Caba
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2015
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: France, Finland and Italy
Century: 20th Century

10,000 words

Gerard Dillon and his Connemara works : Not exactly what they say on the tin

Laura Nic Fhlannchaidh
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2017
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

We History - Narratives of contemporary life in the exhibition of 20th century art in the National Gallery of Ireland

Niamh Nic Ghabhann
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2007
BA

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

10,000 words

This dissertation examines the exhibition of 20th century Irish art in the Millennium Wing in the NGI. The exhibition is examined as a contemporary installation, which is formed with constituent parts (individual works of art) from the first part of the 20th century. The work of post-colonial theorists provides the paradigm through which these issues are discussed. The first section of this dissertation is a detailed study of the professed aims of this exhibition, the selection process, and the way in which the paintings are organised. The second part of this study provides a deconstruction of the hang, and the narratives of 20th century Ireland which are constructed, The final section of this work provides an analysis of the constructed cultural narrative, facilitated by post-colonial theory.

Reconstruction of the Gothic Past: Cultures of Conservation

Niamh NicGhabhann
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2012
PhD

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: Late 18th Century to 20th Century

Supervisor: Dr Roger Stalley
Approx. 60,000 - 80,000 words

This thesis explores the restoration and conservation of Gothic ecclesiastical buildings in Ireland from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Two key distinct but interrelated contexts have been examined: firstly, the development of scholarship on Irish Gothic architecture from 1789 to the early twentieth century, in both professional and non-professional contexts, and secondly, the approaches taken by different groups, including landlords and local communities, professional architects, and the Irish Ecclesiastical Commission, in the restoration, conservation and preservation of medieval buildings during this period. The introductory chapter and literature review evaluate the extent to which these subjects have been considered in the extant literature on the subject, identifying both the foundation texts for this investigation, as well as the texts in which the specific issues examined here have been overlooked. The second chapter establishes a theoretical framework for the thesis, in particular the development of critical historiography in Irish architectural history, identifying the works of critical theory which have informed the close reading methodologies used in my analysis of documents and texts in this thesis.

Here’s Looking at you Grayson Perry: An Analysis of his Exhibition: Who Are You? from a Perspective Concerning the nature of Identity

Jillian Nicholson
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2015
BA

Subject: Ceramics, Prints and Mixed Media
Country: Britain
Century: 21st Century

10,000 words

The Development of Flower Painting: Eighteenth-century Dutch and Edo Rimpa Art

Richi Nishimura
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2017
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Holland and Japan
Period: 18th and 19th Century

10,000 words

The Painted Cassone and Spalliera Panels of the National Gallery of Ireland

Laura Nolan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2003
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Italy
Period: 15th and 16th Century

10,000 words

The Contemporary ‘Idea of a University’: A Study in the Recent Architectural Development of Irish Third-Level Institutions

Meabh Noonan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2016
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Century: 20th and 21st Century

10,000 words

This dissertation investigates contemporary issues of university planning and design, discussing the influence of the external environment and the role of architecture within the campus as ‘place-maker’. Choice examples of Irish third level campuses reflect the physical realisation of institutional stragetic plan and the master plan, suggesting the opportunities and limitations of each. Irish architects, noted for their contributions to university campuses world-wide, provide examples of high quality contemporary university architecture. The ideas and conditions from which these buildings arose suggest best practice for the commissioning of a modern university building. The final chapter assesses recent buildings at Trinity College which are informed by the previous chapters.

The Influence of Roman Iconography on Illustrations in the Book of Kells

Alexandra Norman
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2008
MPhil (Irish Art History)

Subject: Manuscripts
Country: Ireland
Period: 9th Century

Supervisor: Dr Rachel Moss
20,000

Unconventional Approaches to Jewellery Design in the 20th Century exploring Non-Western Design

Alice Norwood
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2013
BA

Subject: Jewellery
Country: India
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

Child and Mother: Seeing Lucian Freud

Rosa Nutty
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2014
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: England
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

From Communities of Concrete to Concrete Communities: The Social Implications of Social Housing Design

Khalehla Nuzum
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2013
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th – 21st Century

10,000 words

The Stratfords of Belan Park; Patronage and Collecting 1697-1801

Aidan O'Boyle
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2005
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th Century

10,000 words

‘Contemporary Depictions of Irish Landscape Can No Longer Accommodate a Narrow Perception of its Relationship to Identity, but it must allow for a more Nuanced and Fluid Understanding of Ireland’

Grace O’Boyle
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2017
BA

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

10,000 words

The Assembly, Display and Dispersal of Irish Collections 1750-1950

Aidan O'Boyle
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2011
PhD

Subject: Art, Display
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th Century to mid 20th Century

Supervisor: Dr Philip McEvansoneya
Approx. 60,000 - 80,000 words

An Insight into the Cardinal Edward McCabe Memorial in Glasnevin Cemetery

Kerrie O’ Brien
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2009
BA

Subject: Architecture, Sculpture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century

10,000 words

An Architectual Analysis of St.Mary's Parish Church, Gowran, Co.Kilkenny

Sandra O'Brien
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2004
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 13th Century

10,000 words

This dissertation is a survey of St.Mary's Parish Church in Gowran, Co.Kilkenny, which the author cites as being "one of the finest Early English Gothic buildings in the country. The first chapter examines the historical and social context at the time of its erection, as well as the proposed identity of its founder and the reasons and motives behind the church's foundation. Then the quthor analyses the church as it stands today , highlighting and accounting for several of its highly unusual features, such as the relationship between the north and south arcades. The third chapter tries to account for the the original pier variation in the nave and to explain the visual disparity of some of the architectural features. The final chapter explores the origins of this unusual architectural practice and to establish precedents, perhaps in England, which display the same degree of pier variation.

Ecce Homo in the Sixteenth Century

Catherine O'Brien
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1987
PhD

Subject: Painting
Country: Ireland
Period: 16th Century

Supervisor: Anne Crookshank
Approx. 60,000 - 80,000 words

The Sculpture of F.E. McWilliam

Jacqueline Belinda O’Brien

Trinity College Dublin

Department of History of Art and Architecture

1986

BA

Subject: Sculpture

Country: Ireland & England

Period: 20th Century

Artistic Research Methodogies for Confronting Environmental and Social Injustice: Insights from World of Matter, the Beehive Design Collective, and Forensic Architecture.

Katelin O'Brien
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2024
BA

Subject: Architecture, Visual Arts, Socially Engaged Art
Period: 21st Century

10,000 words

The Villa and the Place of James Wyatt in 18th century Irish Country House Architecture

Alexandra O'Byrne
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1984
BA

Subject: Architecure
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th Century

10,000 words

St. Gall MS Codex 51. A Study of the Evangelist Pages

Aedin O’Carroll
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1996
BA

Subject: Manuscript
Country: Ireland & Switzerland
Period: 9th Century

10,000 words

‘Green Shift on the Emerald Isle’ ‘The Rise of an Environmental Consciousness in Irish Architecture 1975-2003’

Cian O’Carroll
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2010
BA

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

10,000 words

This dissertation traces the development of green architecture in Ireland from 1975-2003. The study examines the subject from early research into increased energy independence of building to popular professional engagement with the issues of green architecture. As no history or account of green architecture internationally exists, a literary review of architectural publications on the subject is used to compose a history of environmental concerns in architecture. This is appropriate for the purposes of contextualising Irish green architecture. To characterise debate in Irish architectural practice the professional body’s journal is drawn on throughout, having been exhaustively studied from 1987-2004. The concern with green architecture is based on a combination of both positive and negative evidence in the professional body’s journal.

Education Theses Register —Department of History of Art and Architecture

Picasso and Ireland Analysing the Exposure to, and Reception of, Picasso in Ireland and his Influences on Irish artists

The Role of Picturesque Drawing in Architecture

Gerard Dillon and his Connemara works : Not exactly what they say on the tin

We History - Narratives of contemporary life in the exhibition of 20th century art in the National Gallery of Ireland

Reconstruction of the Gothic Past: Cultures of Conservation

Here’s Looking at you Grayson Perry: An Analysis of his Exhibition: Who Are You? from a Perspective Concerning the nature of Identity

The Development of Flower Painting: Eighteenth-century Dutch and Edo Rimpa Art

The Painted Cassone and Spalliera Panels of the National Gallery of Ireland

The Contemporary ‘Idea of a University’: A Study in the Recent Architectural Development of Irish Third-Level Institutions

The Influence of Roman Iconography on Illustrations in the Book of Kells

Unconventional Approaches to Jewellery Design in the 20th Century exploring Non-Western Design

Child and Mother: Seeing Lucian Freud

From Communities of Concrete to Concrete Communities: The Social Implications of Social Housing Design

The Stratfords of Belan Park; Patronage and Collecting 1697-1801

‘Contemporary Depictions of Irish Landscape Can No Longer Accommodate a Narrow Perception of its Relationship to Identity, but it must allow for a more Nuanced and Fluid Understanding of Ireland’

The Assembly, Display and Dispersal of Irish Collections 1750-1950

An Insight into the Cardinal Edward McCabe Memorial in Glasnevin Cemetery

An Architectual Analysis of St.Mary's Parish Church, Gowran, Co.Kilkenny

Ecce Homo in the Sixteenth Century

The Sculpture of F.E. McWilliam

Artistic Research Methodogies for Confronting Environmental and Social Injustice: Insights from World of Matter, the Beehive Design Collective, and Forensic Architecture.

The Villa and the Place of James Wyatt in 18th century Irish Country House Architecture

St. Gall MS Codex 51. A Study of the Evangelist Pages

‘Green Shift on the Emerald Isle’ ‘The Rise of an Environmental Consciousness in Irish Architecture 1975-2003’

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