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 | |
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| Born | January 3, 1887 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | April 14, 1959 (aged 72) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Philosopher |
| Relatives | Henry Holden Huss (uncle) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Aesthetics |
| Sub-discipline | Philosophy of architecture |
| Institutions | Barnard College |
Biography
editHelen 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Helen Huss Parkhurst". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
- ^ Greene, Gary A. (1995). Henry Holden Huss: An American Composer's Life. Scarecrow Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-8108-2842-1. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
- ^ "Distinguished Alumni Award". www.d-e.org. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Brennan, J. G. (1959). "Helen Huss Parkhurst". Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association. 33: 119. ISSN 0065-972X. JSTOR 3129527 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Dr. Helen Pankhurst". The Evening Star. Associated Press. April 16, 1959. pp. A-18.
- ^ Parkhurst, Helen (1936). 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. doi:10.1086/215562. ISSN 0002-9602. JSTOR 2766967 – via JSTOR.
- ^ 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. JSTOR 2016181 – via JSTOR.
- ^ 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. JSTOR 2179878 – via JSTOR.
- ^ 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. JSTOR 1414853 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Robinson, Francis (December 27, 1936). "Not Up to Henry Adams". Nashville Banner. p. 46. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
- ^ Wright, Marion (November 29, 1936). "Critic Reviews New Art Book on Gothic Cathedral". The Charlotte Observer. p. 37. Retrieved December 13, 2023.