Browsing Edinburgh College of Art by Sponsor "Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)"
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Back to front and inside out : thinking through the body in a sculptural practice
(The University of Edinburgh, 2013-06-28)In this research, I unthread the role of the body in sculpture by applying a model of thinking through the body to generate alternative ways of thinking about and working with the body sc ... -
Better medical apps for healthcare practitioners through interdisciplinary collaboration: lessons from transfusion medicine
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-28)Mobile applications (“apps”) are increasingly used in medical education and practice. However, many medical apps are of variable quality, lack supporting evidence and fall outside the remit of regulators. In this thesis, ... -
Construction of, and performance on, the early drum kit
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018-07-05)For over one hundred years the drum kit has been a driving force in shaping popular music, yet in popular culture the kit is not taken as seriously as other instruments, with drummer jokes abound. This hierarchy is ... -
Cumbernauld : the conception, development and realisation of a post-war British New Town
(The University of Edinburgh, 2010)The focus of this thesis is Cumbernauld New Town, designated in 1955, and widely considered revolutionary in concept and built form, both by many contemporary architectural/planning commentators and by subsequent historians. ... -
Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh : collaborative tapestries 1945-1970
(The University of Edinburgh, 2014-06-27)Dovecot Studios (also known as Dovecot) was established in 1912 by the 4th Marquess of Bute (1881-1947) for the purpose of weaving large historical tapestries for his many residences, primarily Mount ... -
Furnishing the modern street: the critical reception to street furniture design in postwar Britain
(The University of Edinburgh, 2014-06-27)In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, many of the British government’s attempts to rebuild the social order and improve standards were experienced through design. This was true not only in the home and in ... -
Genius Loci of the Athens of the North: the cultural significance of Edinburgh’s Calton Hill
(The University of Edinburgh, 2014-11-26)At the eastern end of the Edinburgh World Heritage Site, a protrusion of volcanic rock known as Calton Hill is situated on the northern side of the Waverley Valley. This area sits approximately 100m above sea level at its ... -
Images under control: pessimism, humour and stupidity in the digital age
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-04)This thesis offers a periodization of the present according to which contemporary art and visual culture are understood to be symptomatic of an increasingly pervasive pessimistic social, political and ecological outlook. ... -
Institutional history of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art : tensions, paradoxes and compromises
(The University of Edinburgh, 2012-06-27)This study provides the first comprehensive account of the institutional history of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (SNGMA) from the earliest calls for its foundation at the start of the twentieth century to ... -
Introduction of the viol into sixteenth-century France: perspectives on the cultural integration of musical instruments
(The University of Edinburgh, 2014-06-27)This dissertation investigates the introduction and development of a musical instrument, the viola da gamba (viol), in sixteenth-century France by articulating the wider cultural consequences of introducing new musical ... -
Journeys to the ideal self: personal transformation through group encounters of rural landscape in Scotland
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018-07-05)This thesis focuses on explaining why group encounters with rural landscapes in Scotland are deemed to be positive for mental wellbeing. The relationship between greenspace and human wellbeing is a phenomenon that ... -
The Mass magnified : the large missal in England and France c. 1350 – c. 1450
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-04)The eleven illuminated missals at the core of this thesis share a distinctive scale that sets them apart from the majority of other decorated missals. Their scale was a key factor in the visual and ritual experiences ... -
Monument question in late Habsburg Austria : a critical introduction to Max Dvořák's Denkmalpflege
(The University of Edinburgh, 2012-11-28)The present thesis is a critical introduction to a body of writings on heritage conservation by the Czech-born art historian Max Dvořák (1874–1921). From 1905 onwards, Dvořák was both professor of art history at the ... -
Music of Miriam Gideon during the McCarthy era, including a complete catalogue of her works
(The University of Edinburgh, 2012-06-27)This thesis considers the musical response of the American composer, Miriam Gideon to political events during the McCarthy era. It examines the interrelationships between politics, society and culture and considers how ... -
“New” Giorgione : Crowe and Cavalcaselle, Pater, and Morelli
(The University of Edinburgh, 2012-06-27)This thesis concerns a shift in the historiography of the Venetian painter Giorgione (c1477- 1510). In important ways, this change was caused by Joseph Archer Crowe (1825-1896) and Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle (1819-1897) ... -
No-matter: theories and practices of the ephemeral in architecture
(The University of Edinburgh, 2011-06-29)The architectural theorist and practitioner Bernard Tschumi asserts that enquiring and working at the limits of a discipline expands our knowledge and experience. Within this thesis I examine the limits of architecture ... -
Play and learning in Pieter Bruegel’s Children’s games
(The University of Edinburgh, 2010-11-26)This thesis offers a reassessment of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting Children’s Games (1560, Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna). Addressing the lack of historically accurate interpretations of Bruegel’s panel, I use a ... -
Present performer: a humanised augmented practice of the clarinet
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018-07-05)This practice-based research articulates a performer’s perspective from within the rapidly expanding field of mixed music, wherein traditional acoustic instruments are augmented by means of live electronics. Contemporary ... -
Revisiting New Babylon: the making and unmaking of a nomadic myth
(The University of Edinburgh, 2011-06-29)This thesis revisits Constant’s New Babylon (about 1956-1974). Turning to theories of primitivism and, in particular, Christopher L. Miller’s critical reading of ‘the nomad’ found in Gilles Deleuze’s and Félix Guattari’s ...