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Mountgarrett Castle, New Ross, County Wexford. A Test Study in conservation engineering appraisal and structural analysis of the east wall.

Daniel McCartan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
2022
Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Building Repair and Conservation

Subject: Architecture, conservation
Country: Ireland
Period: 15th - 21st Century

Approx. 15,000

The Planning and Use of Space in Irish houses 1730-1830

Patricia McCarthy
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2009
PhD

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

Supervisor: Dr. Edward McParland
Approx. 60,000 - 80,000 words

Much has been written about eighteenth- and nineteenth-century country houses, in both Ireland and Britain. One of the most important books among the wealth of information about British houses is Mark Girouard's seminal work, Life in the English country house (1978), that blends the architecture of the house (the style and the plan), with its social life. Girouard shows how the plan of the house was used by those who lived in it, and by those who visited it. To date, however, there has been no such comprehensive study made of the subject as it relates to Ireland. In recent years much scholarship has been published by Irish writers on various aspects of the house, in both town and country, and it seems like a good time to redress that balance somewhat. By taking just one hundred years (1730 to 1830) as a time span, this thesis is an effort to gather some of this together, adding evidence gleaned from contemporary inventories and literature, and primary sources such as correspondence, diaries, novels and travellers' observations.

On the Other Hand A Study of the Hand in Early Modern Portraiture

Jacob Paul McCarthy
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2019
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Germany, Spain, France, Italy
Period: 15th-17th centuries

10,000 words

Carlo Cambi and his work in Ireland

Patricia McCarthy
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1999
BA

Subject: Woodcarving
Country: Ireland and Italy
Period: 19th Century

10,000 words

An Evaluation of the Leaving Certificate Art History Curriculum ‘A Curriculum forty years in the un-making’

Aoibheann McCarthy
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2011
BA

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

10,000 words

A Study of Stained Glass in Four Drogheda Churches

Sarah McCloskey
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1999
BA

Subject: Stained Glass
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th and 20th Century

10,000 words

Sculpture in the Art of Giorgio de Chirico

Alisson Mae McConkey
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2016
BA

Subject: Painting and Sculpture
Country: Italy and Greece
Century: 20th Century

10,000 words

Renaissance de La Borne: A Study of the Period of Transition From Traditional Pottery-Making Village to Centre of Contemporary Ceramic Creation

Patrick M. McCoy
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1991
PhD

Subject: Ceramics
Country: France

Body Image Identity and Exploration of the Self: A Case Study into the Work of Niamh Hannaford

Elena McCrory
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2023
BA

Subject: Painting, Performance art
Country: Ireland
Period: 21st Century

10,000 words

A General Examination of the Spirituality Behind the Icon and its Implications for Western Christian Theology and Practice

Andrew McCroskery
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1999
MPhil

Subject: Painting

Francesco Borromini's Drawings of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane in the Context of Architectural Practice in 17th-Century Rome

John McCrossan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2017
PhD

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 16th Century

Supervisor: Prof. Christine Casey
Approx. 60,000 - 80,000 words

Complexity and Simplicity in the Plan of San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane

John McCrossan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2008
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Italy
Period: 17th Century

10,000 words

Landscape History and Management of the Phoenix Park 1800-1880

John McCullen
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2006
PhD

Subject: Landscape
Country: Ireland: Dublin
Period: 19th Century

Supervisor: Dr. Edward McParland
Approx. 60,000 - 80,000 words

Gordon Lambert: M'canas of Modern Art

Dara McDermott
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2006
BA

Subject: Patronage, Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Print.
Country: Ireland and Europe
Period: 20th and 21st Century

10,000 words

Le Nabi Oublie Mysticism, Primativism and the Feminine in the work of Paul Elie Ranson

Eadaoin McDonagh
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2018
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: France
Period: 19th and 20th Century

10,000 words

Mystical figures roam through brillantly coloured landscapes, brimming with peculiar symbols, while cascading arabesques mirror elegant outlines of a female silhouette. The Imaginative work of Paul Elie Ranson has the power to captivate the attention of any viewer. Active within the bustling creative centre of Paris during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Ranson’s work is truly demonstrative of his environment. Ranson was one of the founding members of the Nabis, a group of Symbolist artists who broke the confines of academicism through their unique pictorial program. It is strange then, that over the course of the last century, Ranson has come to be the least well documented of all the group’s members. This dissertation acts as an enquiry into the life and work of this seemingly forgotten Nabi.

The Crosses of Castledermot: Context, Content and Meaning

Kate McDonald
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2013
BA

Subject: Sculpture
Country: Ireland
Period: 9th-11th Century

10,000 words

The Architecture of John Roberts

Alyson McDonnell
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1999
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th Century

10,000 words

Decorative Plasterwork

Eimear McDonnell
Trinity College Dublin
Department of Civic, Structural & Environmental Engineering
2005
Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Building Repair and Conservation

Subject: Decorative plasterwork
Country: Ireland

Approx. 15,000

The Campanile at Trinity College, Dublin. A Historic and Stylistic Analysis

Mealla McDonnell
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1995
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century

10,000 words

“The Other”- Nineteenth Century Orientalism and its Legacy with Particular Reference to a Contemporary Response by Shirin Neshat

Emma McDonnell
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2002
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Western Europe and Iran
Period: 19th and 20th Century

10,000 words

This dissertation challenges the viewpoint of Western art, the viewpopint of the Male, West and Christian, by examining the art of a Female, Eastern and Muslim artist. The dissertation begins the challenge by discussing how Western art has traditionally delt with Oriental subject matter and discusses the origins of Orientalism and the representation of Eastern women in Western art. This is set down as a contrast to the representation of Oriental women from an alternative artistic viewpoint, that of the artist Shirin Neshat, an Iranian, Female, Muslim artist, whose work is a response to traditional western art. The dissertation discusses the concept of “The Other” and the stereotypical images of the East produced by the West. The film and photographic work of Shirin Neshat which challenges such stereotypes is analysed and discussed as work with a multi-cultural significance.

Sex and the Labyrinth: The Cretan Myth of the Minotaur in Twentieth Century Art

Amy McDonnell
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2021
BA

Subject: Sculpture, Painting, Drawing, Mixed Media, Prints
Country: France, Spain, USA
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

A Study of Rachel Fallon's Textile Contributions to the 2018 Repeal! Procession

Deirbhle McDonnell
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2024
BA

Subject: Textiles, Socially Engaged Art
Country: Ireland
Period: 21st Century Century

10,000 words

Kinaesthetic Difference: Rimbaud, Klee, Kandinsky, Bonnefoy

Raphael McElligott
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2003
MLitt

Subject: Painting
Period: 20th Century

Communicating Conflict Examining the language of photomontage and the visual expression of the Northern Ireland in the context of the ‘Troubles’ series by Sean Hillen

Dara McElligott
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2017
BA

Subject: Photomontage
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

This dissertation examines the series of photomontage works entitled ‘The Troubles’ (1983-1993) by artist, Sean Hillen (born 1961, Newry, Northern Ireland), which depicts a perspective on the Northern Ireland conflict which lasted from 1968-1998. The primary aim of this dissertation is to establish if, and why, the medium of photomontage is particularly suited to the expression of political conflict. The first section of this thesis is a study of the medium of photomontage; its origins, applications and qualities. The second section is a study of how the Northern Ireland conflict was depicted visually through the use of photographs, and how these depictions are understood by the viewer. The third and final section is an examination of a selection of Hillen’s ‘Troubles’ photomontages to explore what they communicate about the Northern Ireland conflict.

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Mountgarrett Castle, New Ross, County Wexford. A Test Study in conservation engineering appraisal and structural analysis of the east wall.

The Planning and Use of Space in Irish houses 1730-1830

On the Other Hand A Study of the Hand in Early Modern Portraiture

Carlo Cambi and his work in Ireland

An Evaluation of the Leaving Certificate Art History Curriculum ‘A Curriculum forty years in the un-making’

A Study of Stained Glass in Four Drogheda Churches

Sculpture in the Art of Giorgio de Chirico

Renaissance de La Borne: A Study of the Period of Transition From Traditional Pottery-Making Village to Centre of Contemporary Ceramic Creation

Body Image Identity and Exploration of the Self: A Case Study into the Work of Niamh Hannaford

A General Examination of the Spirituality Behind the Icon and its Implications for Western Christian Theology and Practice

Francesco Borromini's Drawings of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane in the Context of Architectural Practice in 17th-Century Rome

Complexity and Simplicity in the Plan of San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane

Landscape History and Management of the Phoenix Park 1800-1880

Gordon Lambert: M'canas of Modern Art

Le Nabi Oublie Mysticism, Primativism and the Feminine in the work of Paul Elie Ranson

The Crosses of Castledermot: Context, Content and Meaning

The Architecture of John Roberts

Decorative Plasterwork

The Campanile at Trinity College, Dublin. A Historic and Stylistic Analysis

“The Other”- Nineteenth Century Orientalism and its Legacy with Particular Reference to a Contemporary Response by Shirin Neshat

Sex and the Labyrinth: The Cretan Myth of the Minotaur in Twentieth Century Art

A Study of Rachel Fallon's Textile Contributions to the 2018 Repeal! Procession

Kinaesthetic Difference: Rimbaud, Klee, Kandinsky, Bonnefoy

Communicating Conflict Examining the language of photomontage and the visual expression of the Northern Ireland in the context of the ‘Troubles’ series by Sean Hillen

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