Woods, Mary Norman
Professorresearch
research and scholarship focus
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- Film and photography as mediators and interpreters of space and building (i.e., race and gender in skyscraper photography)
- Georgia O’Keeffe’s cityscapes
- Photography of Havana and Mexico City by Walker Evans and Tina Modotti
- Critical practices in design and architectural education and profession (i.e., women architects in India and Sri Lanka
- Land artists since the 1960s
- Gordon Matta-Clark and New York City as urban wilderness
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- Film and photography as mediators and interpreters of space and building (i.e., race and gender in skyscraper photography
- Georgia O’Keeffe’s cityscapes
- Photography of Havana and Mexico City by Walker Evans and Tina Modotti
- Critical practices in design and architectural education and profession (i.e., women architects in India and Sri Lanka
- Land artists since the 1960s
- Gordon Matta-Clark and New York City as urban wilderness
domestic geographic focus
- New York State | state
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Architecture (ARCH) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- American Studies | minor graduate field
- Architecture | graduate field
- History of Art, Archaeology and Visual Studies | graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- American Studies Program | academic program office
teaching
teaches
- AMST 3810 - American Architecture and Building I (TR 02:30:PM-04:15:PM) | fall 2009 class
- ARCH 2809 - Undergraduate Independent Study in the History of Architecture and Urbanism (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ARCH 3810 - American Architecture and Building I (TR 02:30:PM-04:15:PM) | fall 2009 class
- ARCH 3819 - Special Topics in the History of Architecture and Urbanism (M 09:00:AM-12:00:PM) | fall 2009 class
- ARCH 4901 - Undergraduate Thesis in the History of Architecture and Urbanism (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ARCH 7809 - Graduate Independent Study in the History of Architecture and Urbanism (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ARCH 8921 - M.A. Essay in the History of Architecture and Urbanism (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ARCH 9901 - Ph.D. Dissertation in the History of Architecture and Urbanism (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- AMST 3811 - America Architecture and Building II (WF 10:10:AM-12:05:PM) | spring 2009 class
- AMST 3812 - Edge Cities: Celluloid New York and Los Angeles (TR 02:30:PM-04:25:PM) | spring 2009 class
- ARCH 2809 - Undergraduate Independent Study in the History of Architecture and Urbanism (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ARCH 3811 - America Architecture and Building II (WF 10:10:AM-12:05:PM) | spring 2009 class
- ARCH 3819 - Special Topics in the History of Architecture and Urbanism (TR 02:30:PM-04:25:PM) | spring 2009 class
- ARCH 4901 - Undergraduate Thesis in the History of Architecture and Urbanism (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ARCH 5902 - Design X Thesis (MWF 12:20:PM-04:25:PM) | spring 2009 class
- ARCH 7809 - Graduate Independent Study in the History of Architecture and Urbanism (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ARCH 8921 - M.A. Essay in the History of Architecture and Urbanism (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ARCH 9901 - Ph.D. Dissertation in the History of Architecture and Urbanism (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- FILM 3812 - Edge Cities: Celluloid New York and Los Angeles (TR 02:30:PM-04:25:PM) | spring 2009 class
- VISST 3812 - Edge Cities: Celluloid New York and Los Angeles (TR 02:30:PM-04:25:PM) | spring 2009 class
- ARCH 3810 - American Architecture and Building I (TR 12:20:PM-02:15:PM) | fall 2008 class
- ARCH 6800 - State of the Discipline (W 10:10:AM-12:05:PM) | fall 2008 class
background
educational background
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- 1983, Ph.D., Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, Dissertation: “The American Architect and Building News, 1876-1907”
- 1978, M. Phil. And M. A., Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University
- 1972, B. A. , Magna Cum Laude, Department of Art History, Duke University
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- 1983, Ph.D., Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, Dissertation: “The American Architect and Building News, 1876-1907”
- 1978, M. Phil. And M. A., Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University
- 1972, B. A. , Magna Cum Laude, Department of Art History, Duke University
featured in
- Film and media studies graduate field expands on campus | Cornell Chronicle feature
publications
selected publications (listing in progress)
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- “Beyond the Architect’s Eye: Other Photographs of American Tradition and Modernity”, book University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006/2007
- “The First Professional: Benjamin Henry Latrobe,” essay in American Architectural History, Routledge Press, 2004
- “After-Images of the ‘New’ New York and the Alfred Stieglitz Circle,” essay in After-Images of the City, Cornell University Press, 2003
- “The Photography of the Night,” essay in The Architecture of the Night, Prestel Press, 2003
- “In the Camera’s Eye: The Woolworth Building, Alfred Stieglitz, and Avant-Garde Photography,” essay in Cass Gilbert, W. W. Norton, 2001
- “From Craft to Profession: The Practice of Architecture in Nineteenth-Century America”, University of California Press, 1999
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- “Beyond the Architect’s Eye: Other Photographs of American Tradition and Modernity”, book University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006/2007
- “The First Professional: Benjamin Henry Latrobe,” essay in American Architectural History, Routledge Press, 2004
- “After-Images of the ‘New’ New York and the Alfred Stieglitz Circle,” essay in After-Images of the City, Cornell University Press, 2003
- “The Photography of the Night,” essay in The Architecture of the Night, Prestel Press, 2003
- “In the Camera’s Eye: The Woolworth Building, Alfred Stieglitz, and Avant-Garde Photography,” essay in Cass Gilbert, W. W. Norton, 2001
- “From Craft to Profession: The Practice of Architecture in Nineteenth-Century America”, University of California Press, 1999
contact
email address
mnw5@cornell.edu