Art History: Recent submissions
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Images of the Petrine era in Russian history painting
(University of St Andrews, 1994) - Thesis‘Images of the Petrine Era in Russian History Painting’ examines the changing iconography of Petr I (1672-1725) in nineteenth-century Russian painting, and its relationship with Petr’s symbolic role in the cultural ... -
Meaning in the allegories painted by Mantegna for Isabella d'Este : a study in the context of Gonzaga patronage and Mantegna's career
(University of St Andrews, 1997) - ThesisThis Thesis attempts to demonstrate that the themes behind Andrea Mantegna's Parnassus and The Triumph of Virtue drew mainly upon the more arcane aspects of astrology and the cosmos that were dealt with by Marsilio Ficino ... -
Aspects of colour modelling in Florence from 1480 - 1530
(University of St Andrews, 1997) - ThesisThis thesis sets out to examine two new issues; the use of the colour modelling system in Florence in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth-centuries and the way it impacts the relationship between six artists who lived ... -
Aspects of the life and work of Archibald Skirving (1749-1819)
(University of St Andrews, 1995) - ThesisThe aim of this dissertation is to examine the life and work of the Scottish eighteenth century pastellist and portraitist, Archibald Skirving (1749-1819). It is divided into three chapters and is accompanied by an illustrated ... -
David Martin (1737-1797) : a catalogue raisonné of his portraits in oils
(University of St Andrews, 1995) - ThesisThis catalogue raisonne of David Martin's portraits in oils documents over three hundred works. The catalogue is preceded by five chapters that establish an accurate and factual biography of the artist and discuss his ...