Kerr Houston
Biographic Data
| ID | 3612870 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kerr Houston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kerr |
| FAMILY NAME | Houston |
| SIGNATURE | HOUSTON K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Maryland Institute College of Art |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Negotiating Time
The many surviving records documenting negotiations between Native Americans and colonial Pennsylvanians feature numerous references to time. Studied closely, these temporal allusions reveal significant differences between Indigenous and colonial timescapes—but also point to a broad diachronic pattern. After an initial period of intercultural familiarization, both sides learned to appeal to the temporal logic of their diplomatic counterparts. But…
Embodied Poses
The art historian Leo Steinberg regularly recommended imitating the poses of figures depicted in artworks as a means of understanding the motivations of the figures. Such an approach was related to the concept of Einfühlung, or empathy, which had been discussed in German aesthetic circles in the late 1800s. But when Steinberg began to use the approach, it was also associated with the world of dance, a sphere with which he was also familiar. This …
Mid-Century Cairene Movie Posters, Urban Space, and Resistance to the West
In the decade after the revolution of 1952, Egyptian films often echoed the political ideals of the new regime—and the movie posters produced in conjunction with those films sometimes embodied officially articulated attitudes toward Western influence and Egyptian history. This article considers a range of discursive strategies in examples of surviving posters produced in the 1950s and early 1960s but concentrates primarily on the representation o…
A proper medium’
The dozens of writings on traveling Europe by motor car published between 1900 and 1914 suggest a broad enthusiasm regarding novel modes of seeing that were afforded by the new technology: consistently, the authors emphasized the degree of flexibility and spontaneity offered by the motor car, and contrasted travel by car with train travel, which was often cast as undesirably rigid. They also stressed the speeds attainable in motor cars, and began…
Siam Not So Small!” Maps, History, and Gender in The King and I
Kerr Houston teaches art history at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. He has also written on the use of athletic iconography in Spike Lee's early films, and recently published a piece on teaching art history to foundation-year students at art schools
Athletic Iconography in Spike Lee's Early Feature Films
By virtually any standard, Spike Lee is a dedicated follower of professional sports. In winter, he can often be seen courtside at New York Knicks games, jawing at opposing players; in interviews, he has claimed that he grew up wanting to be a professional athlete. He made headlines in late 2001 by auctioning a ticket to Michael Jordan's comeback game and donating the proceeds to a September 11 relief effort, and he borrowed a phrase from the lexi…
Spiritual Seeing
A proper medium’
The dozens of writings on traveling Europe by motor car published between 1900 and 1914 suggest a broad enthusiasm regarding novel modes of seeing that were afforded by the new technology: consistently, the authors emphasized the degree of flexibility and spontaneity offered by the motor car, and contrasted travel by car with train travel, which was often cast as undesirably rigid. They also stressed the speeds attainable in motor cars, and began…
Spiritual Seeing
Athletic Iconography in Spike Lee's Early Feature Films
By virtually any standard, Spike Lee is a dedicated follower of professional sports. In winter, he can often be seen courtside at New York Knicks games, jawing at opposing players; in interviews, he has claimed that he grew up wanting to be a professional athlete. He made headlines in late 2001 by auctioning a ticket to Michael Jordan's comeback game and donating the proceeds to a September 11 relief effort, and he borrowed a phrase from the lexi…
Siam Not So Small!” Maps, History, and Gender in The King and I
Kerr Houston teaches art history at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. He has also written on the use of athletic iconography in Spike Lee's early films, and recently published a piece on teaching art history to foundation-year students at art schools
A proper medium’
The dozens of writings on traveling Europe by motor car published between 1900 and 1914 suggest a broad enthusiasm regarding novel modes of seeing that were afforded by the new technology: consistently, the authors emphasized the degree of flexibility and spontaneity offered by the motor car, and contrasted travel by car with train travel, which was often cast as undesirably rigid. They also stressed the speeds attainable in motor cars, and began…
Mid-Century Cairene Movie Posters, Urban Space, and Resistance to the West
In the decade after the revolution of 1952, Egyptian films often echoed the political ideals of the new regime—and the movie posters produced in conjunction with those films sometimes embodied officially articulated attitudes toward Western influence and Egyptian history. This article considers a range of discursive strategies in examples of surviving posters produced in the 1950s and early 1960s but concentrates primarily on the representation o…
Embodied Poses
The art historian Leo Steinberg regularly recommended imitating the poses of figures depicted in artworks as a means of understanding the motivations of the figures. Such an approach was related to the concept of Einfühlung, or empathy, which had been discussed in German aesthetic circles in the late 1800s. But when Steinberg began to use the approach, it was also associated with the world of dance, a sphere with which he was also familiar. This …
Negotiating Time
The many surviving records documenting negotiations between Native Americans and colonial Pennsylvanians feature numerous references to time. Studied closely, these temporal allusions reveal significant differences between Indigenous and colonial timescapes—but also point to a broad diachronic pattern. After an initial period of intercultural familiarization, both sides learned to appeal to the temporal logic of their diplomatic counterparts. But…
Art (6 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art history (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · American Sports and Literature (2 works) · Embodied cognition (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · History (2 works)