Art History: Recent submissions
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Rural nostalgia : painting in Scotland c.1860-1880
(University of St Andrews, 1989-06) - ThesisA work of "rural nostalgia" is a distorted image of a past, or passing rural existence produced in the period c.1860-1880. It is distorted in such a way as to heighten the emotional impact of the work and to emphasize the ... -
Art and identity : a social psychological study of stereotypical beliefs about women artists and women’s art and the discursive identities of arts professionals and promoters of women’s art
(University of St Andrews, 1998-10) - ThesisThe thesis is a social psychological study of beliefs about women artists and women's art. It is argued that the work of women artists is systematically undervalued in society and it is also argued that people's beliefs ... -
Arthur Melville and Presbyterian realism
(University of St Andrews, 1996) - ThesisThis thesis explores the significance of 'Presbyterian Realism' in the context of Scottish painting in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, with particular reference to the early development of Arthur Melville. Melville ... -
Museum communication : learning, interaction and experience
(University of St Andrews, 2014-12-01) - Thesis'Museum Communication: Learning, Interaction and Experience' is a study of how museums have evolved and handled their communication approaches at both theoretical and practical levels. It discusses questions like; how has ... -
Out of the wilderness : a fourteenth-century English drawing of John the Baptist
(2010) - Journal articleLondon, British Library, MS Royal 10 B XIV contains a large drawing of St. John the Baptist that is both exceptional for its quality and iconographically unique. Not previously noticed by art historians, it constitutes an ...