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Embroidery for Male Suiting in Lyon, 1780-1789: a Cultural Biography of the Designs in the National Museum of Ireland collection presented by J.H. Fitzhenry

Macushla Baudis
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2008
PhD

Subject: Fashion & Museum Collections
Country: Ireland

Supervisor: Dr Lisa Godson, Hilary O'Kelly
Approx. 80,000 - 100,000 words

The Depiction of Ireland in the Illustrated London News from 1842 to 1900

Margarita Cappock
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
1998
PhD

Country: England: London
Period: Mid to Late 19th Century

Supervisor: John Turpin
Approx. 60,000-80,000 words

For a Baroque Aesthetic: A Study of the Films of David Lynch

Michaela Cutaya
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2004
PhD

Subject: Film
Country: U.S.A
Period: Late 20th Century

Supervisor: Valerie Connor
Approx. 60,000-80,000 words

Bochner's Intermittent Objects: Aesthetics, Embodiment and Affect in Conceptual Art

Lucy Dawe Lane
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2015
PhD

Subject: Conceptual Art
Country: U.S.A
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Dr Francis Halsall
80,000-100,000 words

Artisan Sculpture and the Stone Carving Firms of Dublin, 1859-1910

Thomas Duffy
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
1999
PhD

Subject: Sculpture
Country: Ireland: Dublin
Period: Mid 19th to Early 20th Century

Supervisor: John Turpin
Approx. 60,000-80,000 words

Devotion and Tradition in Stained Glass in Twentieth Century Ireland: Earley & Co. 1903-1953

Michael Earley
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2023
PhD

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

Supervisor: Dr Lisa Godson
90,000 words

Reclaiming Remix: the Critical Role of Sampling in Transformative Works

Owen Gallagher
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2014
PhD

Subject: Art

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

The Paradox of Comic Creativity : Raymond Pettibon, Baudelaire, Comics and Mass Art

David Goldbold
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2007
PhD

Subject: Art Theory / Comics

80,000-100,000 words

The Architecture of Dublin's Neo-Classical Roman Catholic Churches, 1802-1862

Brendan Grimes
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2005
PhD

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

Supervisor: Paul Caffrey

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

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

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

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

Materialising Modernity: new Buildings for Leisure and Travel in Ireland, 1920-1950

Caoimhe McMahon
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2018
PhD

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th century

Supervisor: Dr Lisa Godson
Approx. 80,000 - 100,000 words

Fashioning Material That Matters: An Examination of Costume Making At the National Ballet of Canada

Caroline O'Brien
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2022
PhD

Subject: Fashion
Country: Canada

Supervisor: Dr Lisa Godson and Hilary O'Kelly
Approx. 80,000 - 100,000 words

Richard Thomas Moynan RHA

Maebh O'Regan
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2002
PhD

Subject: Painting
Country: Ireland
Period: Mid 19th Century to Early 20th Century

Supervisor: John Turpin
Approx. 60,000-80,000 words

Objects, Spaces and Rituals: a Social and Material History of Maternity and Infancy in Ireland, ca. 1730 to ca. 1830

Emma O'Toole
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2018
PhD

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

Supervisor: Dr Anna Moran
80,000-100,000 words

Functionalist industrial design practice in the German Democratic Republic

Katharina Pfuetzner
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2012
PhD

Subject: Design
Country: German
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Dr Lisa Godson, Dr Mick Wilson
Approx. 80,000 - 100,000 words

The Development of Visual Imagery of the State in Ireland North and South 1920-1960

Ciaran Swan
National College of Art and Design
Faculty of History of Art and Design and Complementary Studies
2005
PhD

Subject: National Iconography
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: John Turpin
80,000-100,000 words