• From Mars to Kassandra: the memorialisation of World War I in the work of Otto Dix 

  Murray, Ann (University College Cork, 2018)

  This thesis argues that the memorialisation of World War I in the work of German artist and soldier Otto Dix (1891-1969) challenged Germany’s prevailing social and political attitudes to war and militarism, demanding action ...
• Pedem referens: art historical memory and the analogue in the work of Tacita Dean, Jeremy Millar and Lucy Skaer 

  North, Kirstie (University College Cork, 2016)

  This thesis explores the new art historical turn in contemporary art through close engagement with three British artworks. These are Tacita Dean’s, Section Cinema (Homage to Marcel Broodthaers), 2002, Jeremy Millar’s, The ...
• Nancy Spero: pain and politics, 1966-1976 

  Warriner, Rachel (University College Cork, 2016)

  The ten-year period that started with Nancy Spero’s War Series (1966-70) and ended with the completion of Torture of Women (1974-6) were of vital importance to the development of this key figure of feminist art. This was ...
• Alfred Elmore’s religious paintings 

  de Bhailís, Caoimhín (Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage, 2015)
• A reappraisal of Donatello’s bronze Judith and Holofernes 

  de Bhailís, Caoimhín (Graduate School of the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, University College Cork., 2012)

  Donatello’s bronze grouping, Judith and Holofernes, has been variously described as ‘a metaphor Medici rule’, as a symbol of the female hero usurped by patriarchal agendas, and a representation of the Florentine Republic. ...

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