John Shannon Hendrix

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John Shannon Hendrix
Born (1959-04-27) April 27, 1959 (age 64)
EducationB.F.A.
M.A.
M.Arch.
Ph.D.
Alma mater Art Institute of Chicago
Rhode Island School of Design
University of Illinois at Chicago
Cornell University
Employer Roger Williams University
TitleAdjunct Professor of Art and Architectural History at Roger Williams University
Website www.johnshannonhendrix.com

John Shannon Hendrix (born 1959) is an architectural historian and philosopher who has written and lectured extensively on the subjects of architecture, art, philosophy, aesthetics, psychoanalysis, science, culture and history. Much of his work focuses on connections among those topics, such as interactions of vision, perception, and sensation with the arts and architecture, [1] the relationships between psychoanalysis and architecture, [2] physical sciences and architecture, [3] and philosophy and architecture. [4] His career focuses on research and writing about "mostly European precedents in architecture and philosophy, for the purpose of suggesting alternatives to the practice of architecture and philosophy at the beginning of the twenty-first century." [5]

Contents

He has taught at Roger Williams University since 1999. He was Professor of Architectural History at the University of Lincoln, Lincoln, England from 2007 through 2015, [6] Lecturer, History of Art and Visual Culture at the Rhode Island School of Design from 2004 through 2010, [7] and has been lecturer at John Cabot University in Rome, the University of Connecticut, Rhode Island College, and the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He earned his B.F.A. in painting at the Art Institute of Chicago, M.A. at the Rhode Island School of Design, M.Arch. at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Ph.D. in architecture at Cornell University.

Research and Theory

Hendrix's research and theoretical focus is directed toward developing modern alternatives to conventional practice of architecture and philosophy. Proposing approaches to contemporary practice of art and architecture, his teachings and writings relate interdisciplinary disciplines including aesthetics, cosmology, philosophy, and psychoanalysis. [8]

Connecting concepts of justice with the symbolic nature of architecture, Hendrix has analyzed how medieval cathedrals' use of light provide symbolism of justice. [9]

Developing new directions in urban planning based on psychoanalytic theory, Hendrix is a member of an international research group, based at Oxford Brookes University, designated "Architecture on the Couch: Psychoanalysis and the Environment." [10]

To explore interdependencies among ancient and medieval philosophies and medieval architecture, Hendrix has been scheduled as a keynote speaker at the 2018 Fundamental Structures conference at Durham University. [11]

Books

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References

  1. Jacobs, Fredrika H. (August 16, 2012). "Review: Renaissance Theories of Vision". College Art Association Reviews. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  2. Hendrix, John Shannon (2002). "Psychoanalysis and Identity in Architecture". In Bandyopadhyay, Soumyen; Montiel, Guillermo Garma (eds.). The Territories of Identity: Architecture in the Age of Evolving Globalization. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415622-88-2.
  3. Cuff, Andrew Jacob (April 17, 2016). "Book Review: Bishop Robert Grosseteste and Lincoln Cathedral: Tracing Relationships between Medieval Concepts of Order and Built Form (Temple, Hendrix, & Frost, eds.)". Hortulus: The Online Graduate Journal of Medieval Studies. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  4. Hendrix, John Shannon (1999). "Neoplatonic Philosophy and Roman Baroque Architecture". The European Studies Journal. 16 (1): 31–60.
  5. Hendrix, John Shannon (2012). "Theorizing a Contradiction between Form and Function in Architecture" (PDF). South African Journal of Art History. 27 (1): 9–28. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
  6. "Prof John Hendrix - Professor of Architectural History" (PDF). University of Lincoln. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  7. "John Hendrix Organizes Conference in UK". Rhode Island School of Design. February 17, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  8. "John Shannon Hendrix - Art Architecture Theory". John Shannon Hendrix. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  9. Hendrix, John (March 21, 2013). "The Architecture of Lincoln Cathedral and the Institution of Justice". In Tobe, Renée; Simon, Jonathan; Temple, Nicholas (eds.). Architecture and Justice: Judicial Meanings in the Public Realm. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN   978-1-409-43173-2.
  10. "Architecture on the Couch: Psychoanalysis and the Environment". Oxford Brookes University . Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  11. "Institute of Advanced Study: Fundamental Structures". Durham University . Retrieved August 2, 2017.