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“Gilded Gifts and Political Portrayals: Examining and Decoding the Meeting between Solomon and Sheba in the Italian Renaissance”

Tori Boccarossa
University College Dublin
School of Art History and Cultural Policy
2023
MA (Minor Thesis)

Subject: Painting/Iconography
Country: Italy
Period: 16th Century

Supervisor: Associate Professor Philip Cottrell
100 pages

Arte Povera and the Ambiguity of Things

Chris Boland
University of Limerick
College of Humanities, Department of History (History of Art Postgraduate Courses only)
2013
MA

Subject: Art
Country: Italy
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Catherine Lawless
21,000 words

Contemporary Irish Portraiture – A survey

Rosemary Boran
University College Dublin
School of Art History and Cultural Policy
2000
MA

Subject: Painting
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

15,000 words

Rudolph Heltzel: Artist in Jewellery

Sarah Brady
University College Dublin
School of Art History and Cultural Policy
2006
MA

Subject: Decorative Arts: Silver Jewellery
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th and 21st Century

15,000 words

The Representation of the Irish Travellers in the paintings and prints of Jack B. Yeats, 1900-1928

Julie Brazil
University of Limerick
College of Humanities, Department of History (History of Art Postgraduate Courses only)
2005
MA

Subject: Painting
Country: Ireland
Period: Early 20th Century

Supervisor: Ciara Breathnach
Approx. 33,000 words

The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, St Stephen's Green, Dublin: an Architectural History 1805-1997

Colin Brennan
University College Dublin
School of Art History and Cultural Policy
1997
MA

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

Supervisor: Dr Christine Casey
15,000 words

The Social and Political Interplay in the Establishment of an Irish Art Scene 1936-1952

Ciara Anne Brody
University of Limerick
College of Humanities, Department of History (History of Art Postgraduate Courses only)
2013
MA

Subject: Art
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Catherine Lawless
21,000 words

Art Has No Address: the Issue of Ownership and Restitution of Art in the Context of World War II, with Particular Reference to Germany and the USA

Hannah Brogan
University College Dublin
School of Art History and Cultural Policy
2010
MA

Subject: Miscellaneous
Country: World, Germany, USA
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Professor Kathleen James-Chakraborty
15,000 words

The Ballyseedy Monument – Commemoration and Legacy

Siobhan Browne
University of Limerick
College of Humanities, Department of History (History of Art Postgraduate Courses only)
2013
MA

Country: Ireland: Kerry

Supervisor: Catherine Lawless
21,000 words

Georgian Houses of the Roebuck Area. Roebuck Hill as a case study

Catherine Brugha
University College Dublin
School of Art History and Cultural Policy
2013
MA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century

Supervisor: Dr. Nicola Figgis
15,000 words

An Túr Gloine: A Reappraisal of a Female-dominated Enterprise: 1903-1963

Katie Buckley
University College Dublin
School of Art History and Cultural Policy
2023
MA (Minor Thesis)

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

Supervisor: Associate Professor Philip Cottrell
114 pages

Limerick’s Carnegie Free Library and Museum 1843-1906: its architecture in historical context

Maire Buckley
University of Limerick
College of Humanities, Department of History (History of Art Postgraduate Courses only)
2009
MA

Country: Ireland: Limerick
Period: 19th and Early 20th Century

Supervisor: John Logan
21,000 words

Inherited Perspectives

Aoife-Marie Buckley
University College Dublin
School of Art History and Cultural Policy
2018
MA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Rome and Detroit
Period: 18th Century to 20th Century

Supervisor: Associate Professor Lynda Mulvin
15,000 words

The Women Botanical Illustrators of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin at the turn of the Twentieth Century: What was the Precedent for their Patronage, and the Significance of their Contribution to the Study of Botany?

Roisin Burrington
University College Dublin
School of Art History and Cultural Policy
2019
MA (minor thesis)

Subject: Botanical Illustration
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th and 20th Century

Supervisor: Associate Professor Nicola Figgis
90 pages

A Contextual Analysis of Andy Warhol, Pop Art and the Postmodern Condition

Lisa Butterly
University College Dublin
School of Art History and Cultural Policy
2008
MA

Subject: Prints and Photographs
Country: America
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Prof. Kathleen James-Chakraborty
15,000 words

Reconstructing Ireland’s Animation Heritage: An Analysis of the Sullivan Bluth Studios Archive

Aoife Byrne
University College Dublin
School of Art History and Cultural Policy
2024
MA (minor thesis)

Subject: Animation, Visual Art
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Prof Emily Mark-FitzGerald
15,000 words

Simon Vierpyl (c. 1725-1810). New light on his work in Ireland

Helen Byrne
University College Dublin
School of Art History and Cultural Policy
1995

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

Supervisor: Dr. Christine Casey
15,000 words

Four Silk Embroidered Panels at Farmleigh, Phoenix Park, Dublin

Maire Byrne
University College Dublin
School of Art History and Cultural Policy
2003
MA

Subject: Textiles
Country: Ireland

Supervisor: Dr. Christine Casey
15,000 words

A Critical Appraisal of the Architectural Development of the Dublin Docklands

Elaine Byrne
University College Dublin
School of Art History and Cultural Policy
2004
MA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland: Dublin
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Dr. Christine Casey
15,000 words

The Statuary acquired by Joseph Leeson (1701-1783) First Earl of Milltown

Christopher Caffrey
University College Dublin
School of Art History and Cultural Policy
1996
MA

Subject: Sculpture and Collections
Country: Italy and Ireland
Period: 18th Century

Supervisor: Professor McCarthy
15,000 words

Mannequins, Misogyny and Murder: Representations of Violence and Aggression Towards Women in the 1920s and 1930s

Emma Cahill
University College Cork
Faculty of Arts and Celtics Studies' Department of History of Art
2009
MA

Subject: Art
Period: Early 20th Century

20,000 words

The Original Dublin Railway Termini: Five Studies in Early 19th Century Transport Architecture

Stephen Cahill
University College Dublin
School of Art History and Cultural Policy
2011
MA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century

Supervisor: Prof. Kathleen James-Chakraborty
15,000 words

33 Malborough Street, Dublin: Household Mechanics and Material Culture 1798-1801

Katherine Cahill
University College Dublin
School of Art History and Cultural Policy
2010
MA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Ireland: 17th - 18th Century

Supervisor: Prof. Kathleen James-Chakraborty
15,000 words

Beatrice Elvery

Monica Cahillane
University of Limerick
College of Humanities, Department of History (History of Art Postgraduate Courses only)
2006
MA

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

Supervisor: Catherine Lawless
21,000 words

Education Theses Register —M.A.

“Gilded Gifts and Political Portrayals: Examining and Decoding the Meeting between Solomon and Sheba in the Italian Renaissance”

Arte Povera and the Ambiguity of Things

Contemporary Irish Portraiture – A survey

Rudolph Heltzel: Artist in Jewellery

The Representation of the Irish Travellers in the paintings and prints of Jack B. Yeats, 1900-1928

The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, St Stephen's Green, Dublin: an Architectural History 1805-1997

The Social and Political Interplay in the Establishment of an Irish Art Scene 1936-1952

Art Has No Address: the Issue of Ownership and Restitution of Art in the Context of World War II, with Particular Reference to Germany and the USA

The Ballyseedy Monument – Commemoration and Legacy

Georgian Houses of the Roebuck Area. Roebuck Hill as a case study

An Túr Gloine: A Reappraisal of a Female-dominated Enterprise: 1903-1963

Limerick’s Carnegie Free Library and Museum 1843-1906: its architecture in historical context

Inherited Perspectives

The Women Botanical Illustrators of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin at the turn of the Twentieth Century: What was the Precedent for their Patronage, and the Significance of their Contribution to the Study of Botany?

A Contextual Analysis of Andy Warhol, Pop Art and the Postmodern Condition

Reconstructing Ireland’s Animation Heritage: An Analysis of the Sullivan Bluth Studios Archive

Simon Vierpyl (c. 1725-1810). New light on his work in Ireland

Four Silk Embroidered Panels at Farmleigh, Phoenix Park, Dublin

A Critical Appraisal of the Architectural Development of the Dublin Docklands

The Statuary acquired by Joseph Leeson (1701-1783) First Earl of Milltown

Mannequins, Misogyny and Murder: Representations of Violence and Aggression Towards Women in the 1920s and 1930s

The Original Dublin Railway Termini: Five Studies in Early 19th Century Transport Architecture

33 Malborough Street, Dublin: Household Mechanics and Material Culture 1798-1801

Beatrice Elvery

Education Theses Register —
M.A.