Biography:Helen Huss Parkhurst

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Short description: American philosopher (1887–1959)
Helen Huss Parkhurst
Born(1887-01-03)January 3, 1887
New York City, U.S.
DiedApril 14, 1959(1959-04-14) (aged 72)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationPhilosopher
RelativesHenry Holden Huss (uncle)
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineAesthetics
Sub-disciplinePhilosophy of architecture
InstitutionsBarnard College

Helen Huss Parkhurst (January 3, 1887 – April 14, 1959) was an American philosopher of art who published two aesthetics books, Beauty: An Interpretation of Art and the Imaginative Life (1930) and Cathedral: A Gothic Pilgrimage (1936). She was a professor at Barnard College for decades.

Biography

Helen Huss Parkhurst was born in New York City on January 3, 1887.[1] She was one of the five children of Mary Sophie (née Huss) and Howard Elmore Parkhurst, the former of whom was the older sister of composer Henry Holden Huss.[2] She studied at Dwight-Englewood School in nearby Englewood, New Jersey, and she graduated as part of the Class of 1905.[3] After receiving her AB and MA at Bryn Mawr College, she continued her studies abroad at the University of Cambridge (where Bryn Mawr invited her to be a visiting fellow) and University of Paris (1913–1914), before returning to the United States to study at Johns Hopkins University (1915-1916).[4][1] Afterwards, she returned to Bryn Mawr in 1916 as a lecturer in art history before receiving her PhD in 1917.[1] That same year, she moved to Barnard College and worked as an Assistant in Philosophy, before receiving several promotions: instructor in 1918, assistant professor in 1924, associate professor in 1931,[1] full professor in 1944,[5] and eventually professor emeritus.[4]

As an academic, she specialized in aesthetics.[4] In 1930, she published the book Beauty: An Interpretation of Art and the Imaginative Life.[1] In 1931, she was appointed a Guggenheim Fellow for the purposes of travelling to study the philosophy of architecture;[1] during said travels, she visited Southeast Asia where she personally observed the Angkor Wat and Borobudur.[4] In 1936, she published another aesthetics book, Cathedral: A Gothic Pilgrimage.[6][4]

Parkhurst died on April 14, 1959 in New York City.[4]

Publications

  • Beauty: An Interpretation of Art and the Imaginative Life (1930)[7][8][9][10]
  • Cathedral: A Gothic Pilgrimage (1936)[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Helen Huss Parkhurst" (in en). https://www.gf.org/fellows/helen-huss-parkhurst/. 
  2. ↑ Greene, Gary A. (1995). Henry Holden Huss: An American Composer's Life. Scarecrow Press. pp. 6. https://books.google.com/books/about/Henry_Holden_Huss.html?id=4jTkcm63sUIC. Retrieved 2023-12-13. 
  3. ↑ "Distinguished Alumni Award". https://www.d-e.org/alumni/alumni-recognition/distinguished-alumni-award. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Brennan, J. G. (1959). "Helen Huss Parkhurst". Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 33: 119. ISSN 0065-972X. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3129527. 
  5. ↑ "Dr. Helen Pankhurst". The Evening Star. Associated Press: pp. A-18. April 16, 1959. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1959-04-16/ed-1/seq-18/. 
  6. ↑ Parkhurst, Helen (1936) (in en). Cathedral: A Gothic Pilgrimage. Houghton Mifflin. 
  7. ↑ Ames, Van Meter (1931). "Review of Beauty: An Interpretation of Art and the Imaginative Life.". American Journal of Sociology 36 (5): 850–851. ISSN 0002-9602. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2766967. 
  8. ↑ Parker, DeWitt H. (1931). "Review of Beauty: An Interpretation of Art and the Imaginative Life". The Journal of Philosophy 28 (3): 78–80. doi:10.2307/2016181. ISSN 0022-362X. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2016181. 
  9. ↑ Gilbert, Katherine (1932). "Review of Beauty, an Interpretation of Art and the Imaginative Life". The Philosophical Review 41 (1): 82–84. doi:10.2307/2179878. ISSN 0031-8108. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2179878. 
  10. ↑ Murray, Elsie (1932). "Review of A Primer of Aesthetics: Logical Approaches to a Philosophy of Art; Beauty: An Interpretation of Art and the Imaginative Life". The American Journal of Psychology 44 (2): 394–395. doi:10.2307/1414853. ISSN 0002-9556. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1414853. 
  11. ↑ Robinson, Francis (1936-12-27). "Not Up to Henry Adams". Nashville Banner: pp. 46. https://www.newspapers.org/image/605224845. 
  12. ↑ Wright, Marion (1936-11-29). "Critic Reviews New Art Book on Gothic Cathedral". The Charlotte Observer: pp. 37. https://www.newspapers.org/image/617456232. 



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