Art History: Recent submissions

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    • Italy and Cyprus : cross-currents in visual culture (thirteenth and fourteenth centuries) 

      Andronikou, Anthi A. (University of St Andrews, 2015-11-30) - Thesis
      This thesis sets out to probe the complex artistic contacts between Italy and Cyprus in the visual arts during the High and Late Middle Ages. The Introduction provides a critical review of the subject. Chapter I maps out ...

    • Aspects of identity in the work of Douglas Strachan (1875-1950) 

      MacDonald, Juliette (University of St Andrews, 2003) - Thesis
      This thesis explores facets of Scottish identity via the decorative work of Douglas Strachan. Nations and nationalism remain extraordinarily potent phenomena in the contemporary world and this work seeks to examine aspects ...

    • Eclectic and neo-national aspects of Romanian art and design, 1878-1930 

      Lowe, Shona (University of St Andrews, 2001) - Thesis
      According to the words chiselled into its foundation stone in 1875, Castle Peles, the summer residence of King Carol I, was intended to represent the 'cradle' of the newly arrived Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty in ...

    • The influence of African sculpture on British art, 1910-1930 

      Dogbe, Buckner Komla (University of St Andrews, 1989) - Thesis
      This thesis aims to discuss the influence of African wood sculpture on British art from 1910 to 1930. It proposes that the works, tastes and pronouncements of various 20th century British artists betray this influence ...

    • Reading in the painted letter : human heads in twelfth-century English initials 

      Thompson, Jennifer A. (University of St Andrews, 2000-10) - Thesis
      The thesis examines eight twelfth-century English manuscripts with inhabited initials occupied by human heads. Such initials, also filled with foliage, struggling humans and animals, are a pronounced feature of English ...