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Edgar Degas: The Role of the Female

Martina Preston
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2011
BA

Subject: Drawing, Painting and Prints
Country: France
Period: 19th Century

10,000 words

Making Pictures A Theoretical Study of Simon Starling’s Pictures for an Exhibition (2014)

Benjamin Price
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2016
BA

Subject: Painting, Installation, Sculpture and Photography
Country: America
Century: 21st Century

10,000 words

Public Works Architecture in Ireland

Frederick O'Dywer
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1996
Ph.D.

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

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

A Hierarchical Image Processing Approach to Analysis of Early Medieval Manuscript Art

Sayandeep Purkayasth
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2015
PhD

Subject: Manuscript
Period: 8th Century to 12th Century

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

Egle Rake (Rakauskaite) A Lithuanian Case Study of Art in the Globalisation Age

Gabiia Purlyte
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2014
BA

Subject: Video art, Performance, Installation and Media
Country: Lithuania
Period: 21st Century

10,000 words

This dissertation presents the work of contemporary Lithuanian artist

Egle Rake (Rakauskaite) in the context of globalisation. Rake’s work is exemplary of Lithuanian art of the last twenty years which exhibited dramatic changes since the breakup of the Soviet Union. In opposition to the conservative, essentially modernist conception of art held by their immediate predecessors, the generation of emerging artists embraced previously unseen media such as performance, installation and video art. They also engaged closely with the current issues in their society. Using Rake’s oeuvre as a case study, the aim is to show that contemporary art cannot be adequately understood without taking into account both the local and global contexts. The phenomenon of globalisation itself can only be examined from particular, situated perspectives.

The “Paragone” of Painting and Sculpture and the Relation of Art Theory and Practice in Benedetto Varchi’s Survey among Florentine Artists in 1547

Antonia Putzger
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2006
BA

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

10,000 words

This dissertation examines the letters written by eight painters and sculptors in response to Florentine intellectual Benedetto Varchi’s 1547 challenge to argue “which is the nobler art, painting or sculpture” . The opinions and concepts contained within these letters are considered within the context of each artist’s own artistic endeavours; Michaelangelo, Francesco da Sangallo and Benvenuto Cellini are among those studied. The author deals with the Florentine cultural and intellectual context of the debate and aims to establish a connection between artistic theory and practice in the case of the “paragone” to clarify that it was not just a theoretical exercise thought up by courtly intellects. The study also follows the development of the concept of “disegno” and the changing attitudes to the processes of sculpture and the tasks of painting.

Dance and Primitivism in the Work of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Barbara Pycinska-Taylor
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2009
BA

Subject: Painting, Prints, Sculpture
Country: France, Germany
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

The figural capitals from the monastery of St. Michel de Cuxa, now at the Cloisters Museum, New York

Anna Margaret Conerney Pyle
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1987
BA

Subject: Sculpture
Country: France
Period: 12th Century

10,000 words

Representations of Parturition (Pregnancy) in Northern Art

Alison Quaid
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1998
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Northern Europe
Period: 15th and 16th Century

10,000 words

Experiments in Modern Irish Domestic Architecture

Gillian Frances Quigley
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2004
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

Beyond the Thread count: The use of funerary textiles at the Monastery of Santa María de Las Huelgas, Burgos in 13th century Castile

Ava Quigley
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2025
BA

Subject: Textiles, Funerary Art
Country: Spain
Period: 13th Century

10,000 words

Michael Coleman, A Study of his painting 1977-2002

Ruairi Quinn
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2002
BA

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

10,000 words

The Symbolist Use of Synthetism and Line in Portraying the Late Nineteenth Century Male’s Vision of the Female, a Comparative Study.

Sorcha Niamh Quinn
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2010
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: England, France and Norway
Period: 19th Century

10,000 words

This dissertation is first of all a study of the negative perception of women amongst intellectuals, particularly in France, at the end of the nineteenth century. This feeling of negativity resulted in a fashion in portraying female stereotypes in the visual arts. This applied to the portrayal of the femme fatale or polar opposite depictions of women as ideal and docile. Secondly, this dissertation is an attempt to come to terms with the Symbolist movement. The Symbolists were the artists who interpreted women in this manner.Thirdly, this study is an examination of certain stylistic techniques which were particularly effective in portraying the symbolist concept of externalising the inner realm. This is exemplified by the work of artists such as Paul Gauguin, Odilon Redon and Edward Munch.

Public, Political Art and Social Change in Ireland – 1966- Present Day

Roise Quinn
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2023
BA

Subject: Political Art
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th & 21st Century

10,000 words

‘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 Conservation of Metal Windows

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

Subject: Metal Windows
Country: Ireland

Approx. 15,000

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.

Education Theses Register —Trinity College Dublin

Edgar Degas: The Role of the Female

Making Pictures A Theoretical Study of Simon Starling’s Pictures for an Exhibition (2014)

Public Works Architecture in Ireland

A Hierarchical Image Processing Approach to Analysis of Early Medieval Manuscript Art

Egle Rake (Rakauskaite) A Lithuanian Case Study of Art in the Globalisation Age

The “Paragone” of Painting and Sculpture and the Relation of Art Theory and Practice in Benedetto Varchi’s Survey among Florentine Artists in 1547

Dance and Primitivism in the Work of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

The figural capitals from the monastery of St. Michel de Cuxa, now at the Cloisters Museum, New York

Representations of Parturition (Pregnancy) in Northern Art

Experiments in Modern Irish Domestic Architecture

Beyond the Thread count: The use of funerary textiles at the Monastery of Santa María de Las Huelgas, Burgos in 13th century Castile

Michael Coleman, A Study of his painting 1977-2002

The Symbolist Use of Synthetism and Line in Portraying the Late Nineteenth Century Male’s Vision of the Female, a Comparative Study.

Public, Political Art and Social Change in Ireland – 1966- Present Day

‘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 Conservation of Metal Windows

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

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