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James McKenna the Artist: a Career in Context

Niamh Hoare
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
1997
MA

Subject: Sculpture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Susanne McNab
Approx. 20,000 words

The Structure of Metaphor and its Relation to the Visual Arts

Sinead Hogan
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
1995
MA

Subject: Art Theory

Supervisor: Anthony Fitzmaurice
Approx. 20,000 words

Prescribing Ideologies: Symptoms of Modernism and Modernity in Irish Government Health Campaigns 1950-1964

Nina Holmes
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2012
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

15,000-20,000 words

The Collecting of Sevres in Ireland and the Formation of the National Museum of Ireland Collection

Rory Hutton
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2015
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century

15,000-20,000 words

Fading identities: the material culture of Greek widows

Dimitrios Iatrellis
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2024
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture, Architecture
Country: Greece

15,000-20,000 words

John ffrench. An Irish Ceramic Artist. His Life and Work

Peter Lamb
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2007
M.Litt.

Subject: Ceramics
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Dr Nicola Gordon Bowe

The Design and Consumption of Looking Glasses in Ireland in the Late 18th and Early 19th Century

Aoife Kavanagh
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2003
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Mirrors
Country: Ireland
Period: Late 18th Century and Early 19th Century

Supervisor: Paul Caffrey
15,000-20,000 words

The Grafton Outfitter: Slyne & Co. 1885-1937

Emma Kelly
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2020
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th & 20th Century

Supervisor: Hilary O’Kelly
15,000-20,000 words

Bracha L. Ettinger's Matrixial Theory and Aesthetics: Matrixial Flesh and the Jouissance of Non-Life

Christina Kinsella
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2013
PhD

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th and 19th Century

80,000-100,000 words

Ireland of the Welcomes 1952-1960: the portrayal of Ireland as a tourist destination

Ditte Kummer
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2007
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Graphic Design History
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Dr Ciaran Swan
15,000-20,000 words

Wedding Gifts in Ireland 1950-2006: A Reflection of Social Economic, Cultural and Material Change

Jennifer Lawlor
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2007
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Wedding Gifts / Irish Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th and 21st Century

Supervisor: Hilary O'Kelly
15,000-20,000 words

'A Moral and Industrial Reformation': The Irish Industrial Schoolchild as Maker, 1868-1922

Grace Lennon
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2018
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century to Early 20th Century

Supervisor: Dr Lisa Godson
15,000-20,000 words

Norah Guinness and Nano Reid in the Context of Irish Art and Society 1930 to 1949

Anne Leonard
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
1995
MA

Subject: Painting
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Joan Fowler
Approx. 20,000 words

The Influences of Surrealism in Irish Art

Fiona Loughane
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2005
MA

Subject: Art Theory
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Dr. John Turpin
Approx. 20,000 words

Long Kesh/ Maze Prison Handicrafts: Production, Consumption and Display, 1971-2016

Alison Mac Cormaic
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2016
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Northern Ireland
Period: Late 20th Century to early 21st Century

15,000-20,000 words

The Critical Art Institution and the Neoliberal State

Emma Mahony
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2018
PhD

Subject: Art Theory

Supervisor: Dr Declan Long
80,000-100,000 words

Robots that suck: co-exisiting with artificially intelligent domestic appliances

Jess Majekodunmi
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2019
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Global
Period: 21st Century

Supervisor: Lisa Godson
15,000-20,000 words

How do the Irish die? – closeness and distance by design [on the materiality of death during the COVID pandemic]

Elaine Manley
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2020
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 21st Century

Supervisor: Lisa Godson
15,000-20,000 words

Mural Paintings in Ireland 1855-1959

Joseph McBrinn
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2007
PhD

Subject: Mural Painting / Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th and 20th Century

Supervisor: Dr Nicola Gordon Bowe
80,000-100,000 words

LATCH: The Material Culture of Infant Feeding in Ireland since 1900

Elaine McDevitt
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2016
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th and 21st Century

Supervisor: Dr Lisa Godson
15,000-20,000 words

Women, Dress and Mobility in Dublin 1890 - 1900

Leonore McDonagh
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2002
MA

Subject: Fashion
Country: Ireland: Dublin
Period: Late 19th Century

Supervisor: Dr. Susanne McNab
Approx. 20,000 words

Tradition and Innovation in the Making: The Kilkenny Woodworkers, 1906-1920

Frances McDonald
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2013
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland
Period: Early 20th century

Supervisor: Dr Anna Moran
15,000-20,000 words

Interactive Film: Extending Narrative Perspectives

Kelly McErlean
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2008
PhD

Subject: Film

Supervisor: Dr Paul O'Brien
80,000-100,000 words

The Embroidery Artists of Ireland in Context

Mary McGuinnes
National College of Art and Design
School of Visual Culture
2017
MA Design History and Material Culture

Subject: Material Culture
Country: Ireland

Supervisor: Dr Hilary O'Kelly
15,000-20,000 words