Biography:Helen Huss Parkhurst
Helen Huss Parkhurst | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | January 3, 1887
Died | April 14, 1959 New York City, U.S. | (aged 72)
Occupation | Philosopher |
Relatives | Henry Holden Huss (uncle) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Aesthetics |
Sub-discipline | Philosophy of architecture |
Institutions | Barnard 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Helen Huss Parkhurst" (in en). https://www.gf.org/fellows/helen-huss-parkhurst/.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Distinguished Alumni Award". https://www.d-e.org/alumni/alumni-recognition/distinguished-alumni-award.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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/.
- ↑ Parkhurst, Helen (1936) (in en). Cathedral: A Gothic Pilgrimage. Houghton Mifflin.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Robinson, Francis (1936-12-27). "Not Up to Henry Adams". Nashville Banner: pp. 46. https://www.newspapers.org/image/605224845.
- ↑ Wright, Marion (1936-11-29). "Critic Reviews New Art Book on Gothic Cathedral". The Charlotte Observer: pp. 37. https://www.newspapers.org/image/617456232.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen Huss Parkhurst.
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