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Visualising Identities: Memory and Memorial Production in Modern Ireland

Kathleen Terres
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2014
BA

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

10,000 words

The Irish Easter Rising (1916) was a transformative political and cultural moment in modern Irish history. Memory of this event and its architects has been actively employed by Irish governments with the aims of asserting a Nationalist identity. Public statuary and memorial gardens commemorating the rebellion are the central focus of this dissertation. Ideological ‘conflicting’ memorials and iconoclastic acts offer broader contextualisation. Examination of the contained ideologies and public receptions of memorials are useful tools for analysing and developing cultural consciousness and identities. This critical enquiry seeks to map constructs of identity through memorial production in Ireland, while the conclusion offers questions for further scholarship in light of the forthcoming centenary of the Rising.

The Anatomy of Michelangelo: Sometimes Right, Sometimes Wrong, Always Divine

Karl Thomas
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2010
BA

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

10,000 words

How Promotion of Resident Irish Artists Created the Genius of a Sculptor: A Study of the life and works of Sir Thomas Farrell

Lauren Thomas
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2019
BA

Subject: Sculpture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century

10,000 words

The nineteenth-century experienced real improvements in the status of the arts in Ireland. In the world of sculpture, the demand for the promotion of Irish resident artist was especially debated following Sir John Henry Foley’s acceptance of the commission of the O’ Connell monument in the 1860s. Over the latter half of the nineteenth century, a rise in nationalism also saw a greater demand for Irish resident artists. The focus of this thesis, Sir Thomas Farrell (1829-1900), is remembered today as a classical sculptor of the nineteenth-century, whose works of portraiture exist as landmarks of Ireland’s capital, dotting the streets of Dublin from Glasnevin to Rathdown. Born into a workshop of Catholic sculptors, Farrell was soon noted for his talents, attended the Royal Modelling School and quickly gained commissions that occupied his long working life.

Thomas Cooley and the Royal Exchange

Ruth Thorpe
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2001
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 18th Century

10,000 words

This dissertation examines the background of Thomas Cooley, the architect of the Royal Exchange in Dublin. This study traces his early life and career in London and identifies what his architectural experience was before he won the competition to design the Royal Exchange. With reference to the architecture of the Exchange, Cooley's inspiration and sources of influence are explored and the author also discusses the controversy surrounding the competition for the Exchange. An introductory chapter introduces the building to the reader and the following issues. The following chapters explore Cooley's background and how this influenced his design for the exchange. The final chapter on the intrigue surrounding the competition, provides a useful insight into eighteenth century Dublin architecture and society.

The Influence of the Image of Mary Magdalene

Irina Tikhonova
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2012
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Italy, Spain and Flanders
Period: 15th, 16th and 17th Century

10,000 words

Patterns in Stone. A study of the High Crosses on Inis Mor, Aran

Margaret A Timmes
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1995
BA

Subject: Sculpture and High Crosses
Country: Ireland
Period: 12th Century

10,000 words

The Architecture of the Franciscan Friary at Ross Errilly - History and Design

Niamh Timoney
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2004
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 14th and 15th Century

10,000 words

User Experience-Accessiblity and Incentives to Increase Interest in Art Galleries

Christina Tirziman
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2018
BA

Subject: Social Media
Country: Ireland and Holland
Period: 21st Century

10,000 words

User experience is an approach that is used to ensure that the visitors of the art gallery are happy with their visit. Visitor satisfaction is improved by increasing accessibility and usability. Interviews will be carried out to get a better understanding of what visitors want from an art gallery and what they expect from one. The interviews will give insight into how visitors feel about their gallery experience, like what motivates them to go to an gallery in the first place. Improvements can be made to the website and gallery after analysing the answers of the interviewees. A gallery’s website an online presence will be discussed, as this is often the first place that visitors got to get more information. The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) will be used as an example and a heuristic evaluation will be carried out on the IMMA webite. The IMMA website will also be compared with the Frans Hals museum website.

The Ecclesiastical Buildings and Theories of George G. Pace: Rationale and Reality

Lynda Mary Todd
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2015
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Britain
Century: 20th Century

10,000 words

Image and Word: The Social and Artistic Aspects of Samuel Beckett and Henri Hayden's Friendship

Jean Tormey
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2001
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

The Ecclesiological Society and its effects on Ecclesiastical Architecture in Dublin. 1845 - 1880

Frederic Trench
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1979
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century

10,000 words

Anne Yeats, a poet in paint

Deborah Attwood Troop
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1987
BA

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

10,000 words

Irish Neo-Expressionism: A Female’s Perspective

Georgina Trower
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2007
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

Anglo-Saxon Boar Representations on Staffordshire Hoard 711 and 358

Fen Isabella Truitt
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2019
BA

Subject: Metalwork
Country: England
Period: 6th-8th centuries

10,000 words

From Reynolds to Leibovitz; Are Eighteenth Century Portrait Painters and Twentieth Century Portrait Photographers Really Chalk and Cheese?

Sheena Tucker
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2011
BA

Subject: Photography and Painting
Country: England
Period: 18th, 20th and 21th Century

10,000 words

The Iconography of Towers (with particular reference to those at Cormac’s Chapel, Cashel, County Tipperary).

Katherine Tynan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1997
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 12th Century

10,000 words

Sight and Symbol: the Breast as Food Source in the long Italian Renaissance

Julia Tyndall
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2021
BA

Subject: Paintings, Drawings, Prints
Country: Italy
Period: 14th, 15th, 16th and 20th Centuries

10,000 words

Picturing the Glorious Revolution: William III and the Political Print in England, c.1688-1702

Robin Usher
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2003
BA

Subject: Print
Country: Britain
Period: 17th and 18th Century

10,000 words

Going Dutch. How Commercial Artists from the Netherlands Influenced Irish Graphic Design 1951-1960

Mieke van Embden
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2008
BA

Subject: Painting: Print
Country: Ireland and The Netherlands
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

Hungarian Artists in Munich and the Foundation of the Nagbanaya Colony

Johanna Varadi
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2016
BA

Subject: Painting
Country: Hungary
Century: 19th Century

10,000 words

Works of Art or Art that Works: A Case Study of ‘Ireland’s Favourite Painting’, 2012- An Aesthetic Response

Anita Vilka
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2013
BA

Subject: Painting and Stained Glass
Country: Ireland
Period: Various

10,000 words

This dissertation looks at ‘Ireland’s Favourite Painting’ poll, carried out by RTE in 2012, as a case study which offers information on aesthetic response from members of the general public. Since Frederic William Burton’s ‘Meeting on the Turret Stairs’ was voted as the favourite painting, close attention is paid to the visual qualities of the work. In this dissertation, research and discoveries in the fields of psyschology and science take presidents over philosophical approach to aesthetics. This dissertation mainly asks the question of why certain paintings appeal to the public more than others? By considering the research of Yarbus and Landau, their work explores the possibility of experimental aesthetics opening up new horizons for the future approaches to history of art and art appreciation.

Improvised Soundart

Paul Vogel
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2006
BA

Subject: Sound art
Country: Ireland, Europe and America
Period: 20th and 21st Century

10,000 words

The Institutionalzation of the Avant-Garde

Tacy Wagner
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2020
BA

Subject: Mixed Media
Country: Germany & Russia
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

Perhaps ‘Weeping’ is too Crude’: A Study of the Representation of Tears in Twentieth- Century Art

Ciara Waldron
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2016
BA

Subject: Painting, Mixed Media, Film and Photography
Country: Belgium, Germany, Spain, America and France
Century: 20th Century

10,000 words

The focus of this study is to trace the representation of tears in art over the course of the twentieth-century. In order to allow an in depth anaylsis, I have chosen specific works from 1920-1970 which are instantly recognisable in their recourse to tears. This period represents the gradual modification of modernist attitudes in the advent of post-modern age and thus allows for a particularly worthwhile study of the emblematic tear and thus allows for a as it intersects the art of the two contrasting periods. By limiting the research to a fifty year period but focusing on artists working in a range of media in various different movements and geographical locations it is hoped to communicate the inherently enigmatic nature of tears which allowed them to cross both cultural and societal boundaries, retaining certain qualities and inhereting new ones.

Education Theses Register —Trinity College Dublin / B.A.

Visualising Identities: Memory and Memorial Production in Modern Ireland

The Anatomy of Michelangelo: Sometimes Right, Sometimes Wrong, Always Divine

How Promotion of Resident Irish Artists Created the Genius of a Sculptor: A Study of the life and works of Sir Thomas Farrell

Thomas Cooley and the Royal Exchange

The Influence of the Image of Mary Magdalene

Patterns in Stone. A study of the High Crosses on Inis Mor, Aran

The Architecture of the Franciscan Friary at Ross Errilly - History and Design

User Experience-Accessiblity and Incentives to Increase Interest in Art Galleries

The Ecclesiastical Buildings and Theories of George G. Pace: Rationale and Reality

Image and Word: The Social and Artistic Aspects of Samuel Beckett and Henri Hayden's Friendship

The Ecclesiological Society and its effects on Ecclesiastical Architecture in Dublin. 1845 - 1880

Anne Yeats, a poet in paint

Irish Neo-Expressionism: A Female’s Perspective

Anglo-Saxon Boar Representations on Staffordshire Hoard 711 and 358

From Reynolds to Leibovitz; Are Eighteenth Century Portrait Painters and Twentieth Century Portrait Photographers Really Chalk and Cheese?

The Iconography of Towers (with particular reference to those at Cormac’s Chapel, Cashel, County Tipperary).

Sight and Symbol: the Breast as Food Source in the long Italian Renaissance

Picturing the Glorious Revolution: William III and the Political Print in England, c.1688-1702

Going Dutch. How Commercial Artists from the Netherlands Influenced Irish Graphic Design 1951-1960

Hungarian Artists in Munich and the Foundation of the Nagbanaya Colony

Works of Art or Art that Works: A Case Study of ‘Ireland’s Favourite Painting’, 2012- An Aesthetic Response

Improvised Soundart

The Institutionalzation of the Avant-Garde

Perhaps ‘Weeping’ is too Crude’: A Study of the Representation of Tears in Twentieth- Century Art

Education Theses Register —
Trinity College Dublin / B.A.