Fields of Interest

Late nineteenth and early twentieth century art in Europe; American architecture.

Academic Profile

Professor Howe teaches a wide range of courses in the history of art and architecture. In addition to surveys on 19th-century art and American architecture, he teaches upper-level courses on Frank Lloyd Wright, Symbolism and Art Nouveau, and Surrealism. Prof. Howe is the Chair of the Fine Arts department. He was the Chair of the University Arts Council, which organizes the annual arts festival on campus, from 1998-2010. He was also the associate editor of the journal of Religion and the Arts from 1996-2008.

Representative URLs

www.bc.edu/arts — Arts Council Home Page

www.bc.edu/relarts — Religion and the Arts

www2.bc.edu/~howej — Personal Home Page

Representative Publications

• A New Key: Modern Belgian Art from the Simon Collection, catalog of exhibition, McMullen Museum, Boston College, 2007. (ed.).
• Houses of Worship: An Identification Guide to the History and Style of American Religious Architecture, London: PRC Publishing, 2003.
• The Houses We Live In: An Identification Guide to the History and Style of American Domestic Architecture, London: PRC Publishing, 2002. (ed.).
• Edvard Munch: Psyche, Symbol, and Expression, catalog of exhibition, the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, 2001. (ed.).
• The Plume and the Palette: Essays in Honor of Josephine von Henneberg, New York: Peter Lang, 2001. (ed.).
• "A 'Monster Edifice': Ambivalence, Appropriation and the Forging of Cultural Identity at the Centennial Exhibition," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. CXXVI, no. 4, October, 2002, pp. 635-650.
• "Nocturnes: Munch and Melancholia, and the Mysteries of Life and Death," in Edvard Munch: Psyche, Symbol, Expression, catalog of exhibition, the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, 2001, pp. 48.