Art History Theses: Recent submissions
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Italian Renaissance collecting of Classical antiquities : Ferdinando de' Medici and the Villa Medici in Rome
(University of St Andrews, 2001) - ThesisIn 1569 Ferdinando de' Medici arrived in Rome to take up his position as Cardinal. Immediately upon his arrival he began to collect classical antique sculpture and by 1576 he had begun to transform a newly purchased property ... -
The best Pompeii in Scotland : 'A series of calotype views of St. Andrews' by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson
(University of St Andrews, 2002) - ThesisPhotography had some of its earliest applications in Scotland, at St. Andrews, as a result of the friendship and collaboration between Sir David Brewster, Principal of the United College of St Leonard and St Salvator, and ... -
Some otherwhere : Édouard Glissant and the Caribbean landscape in contemporary art
(University of St Andrews, 2020-12-02) - ThesisOver the past two decades, Édouard Glissant’s writings have gained ever-increasing prominence in the fields of post-colonial theory, Caribbean studies, and Francophone literature. They have also been widely used in art and ... -
Opus anglicanum : the visual language, liturgical rituals, and gifting of a medieval English brand
(University of St Andrews, 2020-12-02) - ThesisIn 1246, when Pope Innocent IV saw embroidered copes and mitres which were made in England, he exclaimed; “England is for us surely a garden of delights, truly an inexhaustible well; and from there where so many things ... -
Peddie and Kinnear
(University of St Andrews, 2002-11-29) - ThesisThis thesis explores the architectural practice of John Dick Peddie and Charles Kinnear from Peddie's earliest known designs of 1844 to his withdrawal from the partnership in 1879. A detailed investigation has been made ...