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Ms. Ruth Starr is a Lecturer in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Trinity College Dublin. Her research focuses on Japanese art and its connections with European art, particularly through lacquerware and the Japonisme movement in Ireland. She has published on figures like Eileen Gray and Seizo Sugawara, exploring cross-cultural artistic exchanges. Starr has taught Japanese art history courses, developed non-Western art curricula, and collaborated with institutions like the Chester Beatty Library. She holds a BA, MA, and Dip. Arts Admin. Her work bridges pre-modern Japanese art with modern European design influences.
Education:
- BA
- MA
- Diploma in Arts Administration
Research Interests: Japanese art from antiquity to the 20th century, lacquerware connections between Japan and Europe, Japonisme in Ireland, and the impact of Japanese aesthetics on Irish modernists like Eileen Gray. Starr also studies emaki scroll narratives and their representation of time.
Affiliations: Regular guest lecturer at National Museum of Ireland, National College of Art and Design, and the Board of Education in Matsue, Japan. Collaborates with the Gallery of Oriental Art and Chester Beatty Library.
