Art History Theses
School staff and students participate in University-wide research centres such as the St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies and the Scottish Studies Network. Our principal strengths lie in the areas of medieval and Renaissance art, in European and American modernism, the history of photography, the decorative arts in Britain and Museum and Gallery Studies.
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Recent Submissions
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The Maison Bonfils in the Middle East (1867-1918) : visual technologies, empire, and spectacle
(2023-11-29) - ThesisThis thesis explores the works of the prominent nineteenth-century photography studio the Maison Bonfils, which was founded in 1867 by the French photographer Félix Bonfils and his wife Marie-Lydie Cabanis in Beirut, ... -
A conceptual exploration of the monument in the United States since the Civil War
(University of St Andrews, 2022-06-16) - ThesisThis dissertation offers a critical history of the concept of monument in the United States from the Civil War to the present day. It is premised on the assumption that understanding the discursive and material dimensions ... -
'Calligraphies of time' : the bombsite in the cultural imaginary of post-war Britain
(2023-11-29) - ThesisOn 8 May 1945, Allied forces announced the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany, marking the official end of the Second World War and igniting VE Day celebrations across Britain. The atmosphere throughout the country ... -
Power, piety and legacy : the patronage of bishop Louis d'Amboise in fifteenth-century Languedoc
(University of St Andrews, 2021-12-01) - ThesisLouis d'Amboise was bishop of Albi, in south-west France, from 1474 until his death in Lyon in 1503. During his episcopacy he commissioned a significant number of works for his cathedral and associated buildings, several ...
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