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George Wilkinson and the Irish Workhouse

M. H. Gould
Queen's University Belfast
School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering
2003
MPhil

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century

Magritte and Landscape

Roni Maureen Haggarty
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1996
MPhil

Subject: Painting
Country: France
Period: 20th Century

Irish Blood, English Art: John Lavery and Hybridity

Oliver Harris
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2015
MPhil

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

Supervisor: Dr Philip McEvansoneya
20,000

Well of Moses by Claus Sluter

Jacqueline Hayes
University College Dublin
School of Art History and Cultural Policy
1984
M.Phil

Subject: Sculpture
Country: France
Period: Late 13th and Early 14th Century

Supervisor: Dr. Eileen Gray

The Art of Death and Childbirth in Renaissance Italy: a Privileged Status in Motherhood

Elaine Hoysted
University College Cork
Faculty of Arts and Celtics Studies' Department of History of Art
2012
MPhil

Subject: Painting
Country: Italy
Period: 15th Century

40,000 words

The Art of Death and Childbirth in Renaissance Italy' explores the depiction of Italian women who died as a result of childbirth and lived in the latter half of the fifteenth century. The women who were commemorated through the medium of the visual arts were those who had borne a son and died attempting to produce more children for the patriarchal lineage. The main argument of this study is that through the successful delivery of a male heir for their husbands, women received a privileged posthumous position in their conjugal families. This thesis stems from an argument made by David Herlihy in which he states that due to motherhood, Renaissance Italian women were elevated in status. Another key argument in this thesis is that although the representation of these women did not usually reference the cause of their deaths, the commissioned art works promoted motherhood to contemporary viewers in a number of ways. The importance of the patriarchal line and its continuation therefore forms an integral part of the rationale for the commissioning and creation of the art associated with women who died in parturition. The thesis is broken down into a series of case studies, representing the female experience of this event in both the republican city-state of Florence as well as within the context of the court of Urbino. Each case study focuses upon the art works created to commemorate a specific woman and how these images were utilised to project the image of the ideal mother willing to sacrifice her own life to ensure the continuation of her husband's bloodline. The case studies examine the commemoration of two Florentine women from the Tornabuoni family, Giovanna degli Albizzi and Francesca Pitti and Battista Sforza, countess of Urbino. Their representation provides a visual model reinforcing the written discourse of the period which promoted motherhood as the key role of the Renaissance woman.

From Subversion to Celebration: The Emergence of a Domestic Avant-Garde in Contemporary Irish Art

Jane Humphries
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2007
MPhil (Irish Art History)

Subject: Art
Country: Ireland
Period: 21st Century

Supervisor: Dr Yvonne Scott
20,000

Yann Renard Goulet 1914-1999: A Celtic Nationalist

Rossa Hurley
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2010
MPhil (Irish Art History)

Subject: Sculpture
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century

Supervisor: Dr Yvonne Scott
20,000

Revival or Renaissance? Art O’ Murnaghan’s Book of Resurrection in the Context of the Celtic Revival

Rose Kayla
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2010
MPhil (Irish Art History)

Subject: Manuscript
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Dr Yvonne Scott
20,000

An Investigation into the Illustrations of Zozimus and the Irish Relationship with Punch or the London Charivari

Niamh Keaveney
Trinity College
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2013
MPhil (Irish Art History)

Subject: Illustration
Country: Ireland and England

Supervisor: Dr Philip McEvanonseya
20,000

The Practice of John Byrne as New Genre Public Art

Carly Keegan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2012
MPhil (Irish Art History)

Subject: Sculpture, Film and Photography
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century and 21st Century

Supervisor: Dr Yvonne Scott
20,000

Architecture in Ulster 1972-1997

James Keenan
Queen's University Belfast
School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering
2003
MPhil

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

An Examination of the Production of Irish Metalwork Facsimiles, 1840-1910

Tara Kelly
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2007
MPhil (Irish Art History)

Subject: Metalwork, Drawing
Country: Ireland
Period: 19th Century and Early 20th Century

Supervisor: Dr Rachel Moss
20,000

From Soul to Light: An Exploration of How Anne Madden’s Sense of Space, Place, Light and Darkness Impacted on Her Journey as an Artist

Joseph Killick
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2014
MPhil (Irish Art History)

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

Supervisor: Dr Yvonne Scott
20,000

Galleries Without Walls: The Site Specificity of Contemporary Public Sculpture in County Sligo

Rosemary Kitchin
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2005
MPhil (Irish Art History)

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

Supervisor: Dr. Yvonne Scott
20,000

Old English Female Costumes in Late Medieval Ireland

Laura Kovacs
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2006
MPhil (Irish Art History)

Subject: Costume
Country: Ireland
Period: 12th Century to 14th Century

Supervisor: Dr Rachel Moss
20,000

People and Place: How Contemporary Irish Artists Explore the Relationship Between People and Place

Paula Lynch
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2007
MPhil (Irish Art History)

Subject: Art
Country: Ireland
Period: 21st Century

Supervisor: Dr Yvonne Scott
20,000

Painting an Object: Charles Brady (1926-97) and Still Life

Camille Lynch
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2010
MPhil (Irish Art History)

Subject: Painting
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Dr Yvonne Scott
20,000

‘Ancora Imparo’ (Still I Am Learning), An Inquiry into Visual Artists Experience of Creativity in Old Age

Ailbhe MacEoin
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2006
MPhil (Irish Art History)

Subject: Art

Supervisor: Dr Yvonne Scott
20,000

Facing a National Identity: The Hugh Lane Portrait Commission: An Interpretation of Irish Identity (1900-1908)

Donal Maguire
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2008
MPhil (Irish Art History)

Subject: Portraiture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

Supervisor: Dr Yvonne Scott
20,000

Pilgrimage and the Bread of Angels: Early Christian Iconography on Irish High Crosses

Kathryn Marr
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2008
MPhil (Irish Art History)

Subject: Sculpture
Country: Ireland
Period: 8th Century to 12th Century

Supervisor: Dr Rachel Moss
20,000

The Science and Art Museum and National Library (1885-1890): An Architectural and Cultural Complex

Eilin Marsh
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2011
MPhil (Irish Art History)

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

Supervisor: Dr Philip McEvansoneya
20,00

Prince Albert and the National Gallery of Ireland, 1854-64

Eoin Martin
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2010
MPhil (Irish Art History)

Country: Ireland
Period: 119th Century

Supervisor: Dr Philip McEvansoneya
20,000

A Study of the Title in Twentieth-Century Painting

Jessica Maxwell-Gogan
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
1991
MPhil

Subject: Painting
Period: 20th Century

The Grief and Mourning of Richard Mansergh St George

Mary McAteer
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2007
MPhil (Irish Art History)

Country: Ireland
Period: 18th Century

Supervisor: Dr Philip McEvansoneya
20,000

Education Theses Register —M.Phil.

George Wilkinson and the Irish Workhouse

Magritte and Landscape

Irish Blood, English Art: John Lavery and Hybridity

Well of Moses by Claus Sluter

The Art of Death and Childbirth in Renaissance Italy: a Privileged Status in Motherhood

From Subversion to Celebration: The Emergence of a Domestic Avant-Garde in Contemporary Irish Art

Yann Renard Goulet 1914-1999: A Celtic Nationalist

Revival or Renaissance? Art O’ Murnaghan’s Book of Resurrection in the Context of the Celtic Revival

An Investigation into the Illustrations of Zozimus and the Irish Relationship with Punch or the London Charivari

The Practice of John Byrne as New Genre Public Art

Architecture in Ulster 1972-1997

An Examination of the Production of Irish Metalwork Facsimiles, 1840-1910

From Soul to Light: An Exploration of How Anne Madden’s Sense of Space, Place, Light and Darkness Impacted on Her Journey as an Artist

Galleries Without Walls: The Site Specificity of Contemporary Public Sculpture in County Sligo

Old English Female Costumes in Late Medieval Ireland

People and Place: How Contemporary Irish Artists Explore the Relationship Between People and Place

Painting an Object: Charles Brady (1926-97) and Still Life

‘Ancora Imparo’ (Still I Am Learning), An Inquiry into Visual Artists Experience of Creativity in Old Age

Facing a National Identity: The Hugh Lane Portrait Commission: An Interpretation of Irish Identity (1900-1908)

Pilgrimage and the Bread of Angels: Early Christian Iconography on Irish High Crosses

The Science and Art Museum and National Library (1885-1890): An Architectural and Cultural Complex

Prince Albert and the National Gallery of Ireland, 1854-64

A Study of the Title in Twentieth-Century Painting

The Grief and Mourning of Richard Mansergh St George

Education Theses Register —
M.Phil.