Art History Theses: Recent submissions

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    • A study of the major public museums in Taiwan, with a focus on collections care 

      Lu, Ying-hsiu (University of St Andrews, 1997) - Thesis
      The origins of museum development in Taiwan date back to the late nineteenth century; however, little was achieved until recently because of Taiwan's unstable social and political situation in the early to mid-twentieth ...

    • The historical development of Zimbabwe's museums and monuments 

      Lee, Karen M. (University of St Andrews, 1996) - Thesis
      The history of Zimbabwe's museums and monuments begins with the coming of British settlers to the colony of Rhodesia in 1890. By 1902 Rhodesia had one fully functional museum called the Rhodesia Museum. This museum ...

    • Local authorities and museum provision in rural Scotland : a case-study approach 

      Page, Katherine Hester Mary (University of St Andrews, 1994) - Thesis
      This research examines the differing roles that the local authorities play in museum provision in Scotland. District Councils are legally responsible for ensuring "adequate provision" of cultural facilities in their areas, ...

    • From cubo-futurism to the left front : Mayakovskii and left art, 1917-1923 

      Williams, Francis (University of St Andrews, 1980) - Thesis
      In the late nineteen sixties and early seventies there was a marked upsurge of interest among Western scholars in the Soviet literary and artistic avant-garde of the nineteen twenties. The most prominent and active of ...

    • Early photographs of Japan in Scottish collections 

      Murata, Hanako (University of St Andrews, 1998-01) - Thesis
      This dissertation studies Japanese photography before 1945. This field is very large; it includes photographs taken in Japan by British and other foreign visitors to Japan and Japanese images taken in Britain. Broadly ...