Art History Theses: Recent submissions
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Medical theory and Medici symbolism in Giorgio Vasari's "Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori ed architettori"
(University of St Andrews, 2001) - ThesisWhen Giorgio Vasari wrote the 'Vite de'piu eccellenti pittori, scultori ed architettori', the intended audience of his text not only included the artists of his own time, but also involved his Medici patrons. Indeed, the ... -
Re-imag(in)ing history : photography and the sugar industry in colonial Java
(University of St Andrews, 2015) - ThesisThis thesis seeks to examine the ways that the success of the Dutch Empire at the turn of the twentieth century was represented and celebrated in the photographic albums of Dutch sugar industrialists in Java. It aims to ... -
The artistic patronage of the cardinals of Pope Pius II (1458-64)
(University of St Andrews, 1996-07) - ThesisThis dissertation evaluates the patronage of the cardinals - not the popes - in early Renaissance Rome. It concentrates on the watershed papacy of Pius II (1458-64), which was shaped by two major events: the Conciliar ... -
Carlos Cruz-Diez : from figuration to kineticism
(University of St Andrews, 2015-04) - ThesisThe Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz-Diez (b.1923) is an exemplar of modernism both in Europe and in Latin America. This thesis offers a broader understanding of his work by discussing his early paintings as a precedent to ... -
The eighteenth century furniture trade in Edinburgh : a study based on documentary sources
(University of St Andrews, 1995) - Thesis“The existing work is easy to summarise; despite the ever present nature of furniture in people's lives, and its obvious position in a social context as a reflection of taste, wealth and progress, the study in Scotland of ...