Art History Theses: Recent submissions
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Opening the senses : the Gospel book as an instrument of salvation as articulated by the minor decoration and full-page illustrations of the Book of Kells
(University of St Andrews, 1998) - ThesisThis thesis argues that the minor decoration and full-page images of the Book of Kells reflects a cohesive theme: the role of the gospel book in man's apprehension of God. This is demonstrated by an examination of the ... -
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 ...