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‘There are no women of genius; the women of genius are men.’ A study of genius and gender in the careers of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner.

Alice Quinn Banville
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2018
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: USA
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

Sinners of the Seventeenth Century: Exploring Morality in the Genre Art of the Utrecht Caravaggisti

Joanna Quitly
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2017
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Holland
Period: 17th Century

10,000 words

This dissertation aims to investigate and uncover underlying moralising messages in the secular art of the Utrecht Caravaggisti, a group of Dutch artists originating from Utrecht who adopted the style of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The argument will be focused on the work of three artists within this group who are Gerrit van Honthorst, Hendrick ter Brugghen and Dirck van Baburen. Each of these artists travelled to Rome in the first decade of the seventeenth century and remained there for several years. This allowed them to experience the artistic landscape and atmosphere of Italy. Upon their return to Utrecht, they began creating genre art in the the style of Caravaggio featuring half-length figures close to the picture plane wearing contemporary dress and painted with a tenebrist quality.

The Concept of the artwork as an Extension of the Self

Sue Rainsford
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2011
BA

Subject: Photography
Country: Various
Period: 21th Century

10,000 words

The Thirteenth Century Sculptural Heads of Cashel Cathedral

Karen Ralph
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2008
BA

Subject: Sculpture
Country: Ireland
Period: 13th Century

10,000 words

A discussion of Gothic sculpture tends to revolve around those great French undertakings in Rheims or Chartres or English works visible in Wells and Salisbury; however such analysis leads to the unfair marginalisation of the craft of Irish masons during the Gothic era. Irish work may be observed in various sites around Ireland; early examples of which are found particularly in Munster in and around the Tipperary and Kilkenny area. While Irish work might be considered less sophisticated than its counterparts abroad, this does not justify the tendency of scholarship to largely ignore the topic. The aim of this thesis is therefore to begin to redress this injustice. This dissertation constitutes an analysis of the carved corbel heads in the thirteenth century choir of St. Patrick’s Cathedral on the Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary.

The Illumination of Kingship in the Book of Ballymote

Karen Ralph
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2009
MPhil (Irish Art History)

Subject: Manuscript
Country: Ireland
Period: 14th Century

Supervisor: Dr Rachel Moss
20,000

Prestige, Power and Patronage: Commissioning Illuminated Manuscripts and Material Culture in Late Medieval Ireland

Karen Ralph
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2014
PhD

Subject: Manuscripts
Country: Ireland
Period: 12 Century to 14th Century

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

The Architect’s Contribution to Public Sector Housing in Dublin city prior to 1940: Some Attitudes and Influences

Alice Rapple
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1986
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th and 20th Century

10,000 words

Ray Carroll: Hiding in Plain Sight

Anne Fox Mills
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2004
M. Phil (Irish Art History)

Subject: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Dr. Rachel Moss
20,000

The Shades of Gray: Eileen Gray’s Oeuvre and its Influence on Contemporary Irish Furniture Design

Anna Reddan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2012
BA

Subject: Architecture, Furniture and Design
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

This dissertation sets out to investigate the influence of Eileen Gray’s designs on contemporary Irish furniture. The development of furniture design from the late-nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century is discussed in order to understand the context of Gray’s oeuvre. Gray’s key works are analysed and discussed in terms of material, form and innovation. The connection between these designs and contemporary Irish furniture design is then investigated by discussing key works by prominent Irish designers. Comparisons are drawn between pieces designed by Gray and pieces designed by these Irish designers, considering the process of design, material and concept. The findings demonstrate that Eileen Gray’s furniture designs have had a great influence on contemporary Irish furniture design.

Images of Conflict: A Study of War Photography with a Case Study on Vietnam

Susan Redmond
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1999
BA

Subject: Photography
Country: General: case study on Vietnam
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

The Representation of the Female Body in the Anatomical Illustrations in the Works of Andreas Vesalius

Amy Regan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2018
BA

Subject: Prints
Country: Various
Period: 16th Century

10,000 words

Aspects of the Work of Frank O’ Meara (1853-1888)

Colm Regan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2010
MPhil (Irish Art History)

Subject: Painting
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century

Supervisor: Dr Philip McEvansoneya
20,000

Existing Irish Wall Paintings and their Links with England

Charlotte Reynolds
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1982
BA

Subject: Painting and Wall Painting
Country: Ireland
Period: 12th to 15th Century

10,000 words

"Chaim Soutine (1893-1943) and the Schools of Paris and New York: Critical Reception of the Artist’s Work from the “Troubled Landscapes” of Mid-Century France and America."

Zarah Reynolds
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2022
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: France
Period: 19th century

10,000 words

The Sculpture of Merrion Square

Aoife Reynolds
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1998
BA

Subject: Sculpture
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th until 20th Century

10,000 words

A Study of the Architecture of the Curragh Camp 1890-1910

Sorcha Richardson
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2009
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th to 20th Century

10,000 words

Anne Madden A Modernist Approach to Mythology

Mary Richmond

Trinity College Dublin

Department of History of Art and Architecture

2012

BA

Subject: Painting

Country: Ireland

Period: 20th and 21st Century

This thesis focuses on the artist Anne Madden and in particular, on her modernist approach to themes of classical mythology. This is conveyed by her landscapes of ancient sites in the west of Ireland, from the early 1960s. It is also apparent in her series of works on classical mythological themes in the 1980s and 1990s. The thesis consists of an overview of the theme of classical mythology in twentieth-century art, and addresses the approaches to themes of myth in Irish art. It examines the Irish modernist artists who were prominent in the twentieth-century, combined with international modernist movements, who were influential in the career of Anne Madden. Finally, it focuses on Anne Madden’s mythological works, which comprise of her first approach to classical mythology in the mid-1980s in such themes as Dedalus and Icarus, the Odyssey and Aurealis Burealis series

Lambay Castle by Lutyens

Lucy Therese Robinson
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1994
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

The Tour in Holland of the Rev. Daniel Augustus Beaufort

Dervilia Roche
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2009
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Holland, Ireland
Period: 18th to 19th Century

10,000 words

The Rev. Daniel Augustus Beaufort is best known from an art historical point of view for his designing of several buildings, most notably Collon Church, Co. Louth, as well as being a connoisseur of architecture in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. Among his many travel journals and diaries is an account of a tour undertaken to Holland in 1764, when Beaufort was twenty-five years of age. His comments in this give a sense of the early thoughts on art and architecture, as well as other interests, of an architect about whom very little is known. This dissertation presents a reconstruction of the tour, with illustrations of many of the buildings and artworks he viewed in Holland. Other such tours in Holland are studied and Beaufort’s is compared to these. This study provides a valuable insight into the unfamiliar subject of eighteenth-century tours in Holland.

Reflecting on Reflections: The Mirrored Works of Anish Kapoor

Simone Roche
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2013
BA

Subject: Sculpture
Country: Various
Period: 21st Century

10,000 words

The image and influence of women in the art of al-Andalus

Jeanie Rochford
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2022
BA

Subject: Art
Country: Spain
Period: 9th - 15th century

10,000 words

Namban Art of Japan: An Overview

Philip Roe
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2004
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Japan and Portugal
Period: 16th and 17th Century

10,000 words

This dissertation is an overview of the late 16th century Japanese art, some of which was influenced by the arrival of Iberian merchants and missionaries. The author focuses on the social and historical climate to contextualise the genesis and development of namban painting. The dissertation includes a detailed chronology to familiarise the reader with the art and society of the time in Japan. The Momoyama era is broadly summarised with reference to the leading figures and schoold during this period. The second chapter concentrates on namban byobu (painted "southern barbarian" folding screens) , analysing their stylistic and conceptual evolution. The final chapter looks at Japanese Christian art, executed by natives in a primitive Western style, a result of the contact established with Europeans in the 16th century, that implemented Western media and techniques.

The Expression of National Identities in the Architecture of Purpose-Built Embassies in Dublin and Berlin

Johanna Roethe
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2005
BA

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

10,000 words

Brightest Star in the Eastern Sky - the Development and Influence of Hokusai’s Manga

Melanie Rogan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2007
BA

Subject: Print
Country: Japan
Period: 19th and 20th Century

10,000 words

This dissertation examines the work of Katsushika Hokusai, placing him within a context of Japanese art history. The author examines his work within the narrative tradition of emaki (picture scrolls), and traces the influence of this tradition on the development of his work, in particular, his Manga. The author argues that a great development of style can be discerned in Hokusai’s Manga, particularly in the themes used, and the brushstrokes. Although the Manga was intended as a teaching manual for students, the author argues that Hokusai learns most in their production. In the latter part of this study, the influence of Hokusai’s work on modern Japanese artists is examined, in particular, the work of Masakatu Iwamoto. Finally, the influence of Hokusai on modern comics and on the work of Jeff Wall is explored.

Education Theses Register —Department of History of Art and Architecture

‘There are no women of genius; the women of genius are men.’ A study of genius and gender in the careers of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner.

Sinners of the Seventeenth Century: Exploring Morality in the Genre Art of the Utrecht Caravaggisti

The Concept of the artwork as an Extension of the Self

The Thirteenth Century Sculptural Heads of Cashel Cathedral

The Illumination of Kingship in the Book of Ballymote

Prestige, Power and Patronage: Commissioning Illuminated Manuscripts and Material Culture in Late Medieval Ireland

The Architect’s Contribution to Public Sector Housing in Dublin city prior to 1940: Some Attitudes and Influences

Ray Carroll: Hiding in Plain Sight

The Shades of Gray: Eileen Gray’s Oeuvre and its Influence on Contemporary Irish Furniture Design

Images of Conflict: A Study of War Photography with a Case Study on Vietnam

The Representation of the Female Body in the Anatomical Illustrations in the Works of Andreas Vesalius

Aspects of the Work of Frank O’ Meara (1853-1888)

Existing Irish Wall Paintings and their Links with England

"Chaim Soutine (1893-1943) and the Schools of Paris and New York: Critical Reception of the Artist’s Work from the “Troubled Landscapes” of Mid-Century France and America."

The Sculpture of Merrion Square

A Study of the Architecture of the Curragh Camp 1890-1910

Anne Madden A Modernist Approach to Mythology

Lambay Castle by Lutyens

The Tour in Holland of the Rev. Daniel Augustus Beaufort

Reflecting on Reflections: The Mirrored Works of Anish Kapoor

The image and influence of women in the art of al-Andalus

Namban Art of Japan: An Overview

The Expression of National Identities in the Architecture of Purpose-Built Embassies in Dublin and Berlin

Brightest Star in the Eastern Sky - the Development and Influence of Hokusai’s Manga

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