Department Faculty & Staff
Dr. Linda Leeuwrik, Assistant Professor
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| Tyrol, 1913-1914, Franz Marc |
Office: Fine Arts Rm. 402C
Phone: (208) 282-3974
Email: leeulind@isu.edu
Courses:
- History of Western Art I & II
- World Arts
- Nineteenth-Century Art
- Twentieth Century Art
- Contemporary Art Forms
- Special Topics in Art History
- Independent Research
About Linda Leeuwrik:
- 2009: Ph.D., History of Art, Bryn Mawr College
- 2003/04: Fulbright Fellowship for Dissertation Research in Germany
- 2001: M.A., History of Art, Bryn Mawr College
- 1997: M.A., Art History, Georgia State University
- 1985: B.S., Interior Design, Virginia Tech
Areas of Specialization and Research Interests:
- 19th & 20th Century European Culture
- Modern European Intellectual History
- German and Russian Modernism
- Der Blaue Reiter – Kandinsky and Marc
- German Art during WWI
- Modern Architecture
Artist Statement:
Growing up in India, the Middle East, and northern Africa with a Dutch father and Australian mother, in addition to the opportunity to travel all over the world, has given me a broad, multicultural perspective and nurtured a deep love for the study of culture, language, history, and religion. These formative experiences ultimately influenced my decision to pursue advanced degrees and a teaching career in art history.
Drawn to the inherently international and interdisciplinary nature of art history, I now aim to emphasize these features in my teaching. As part of a liberal arts education, art history courses should foreground the relationship between the visual arts and the humanities. Art is clearly the main focus of art history, but rather than adopting a strictly formalist approach, my goal is to encourage students to develop their interests and skills in many areas by situating works of art in a broader context, studying them from many different perspectives and considering them in relation to a wide spectrum of historical, philosophical, religious, intellectual, political, literary and linguistic traditions.