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.
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]
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.
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]