Joyce B. Howell
Professor of Art History
Degrees Held
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Office Location: 106 Birdsong Hall, Bray Village
Phone: 757-455-3361
Email: jhowell@vwu.edu
Department/s:
- Art History
- Art
Ph.d., History of Art, University of Virginia, 1988. Dissertation: Eugene Delacroix's Education as a Draftsman
M.A., History of Art, University of Virginia, 1982. Fields for Comprehensives: Italian Renaissance and American Art History
B.A., University of Virginia, 1974. Double Major: History of Art and Religious Studies, Phi Beta Kappa
“Element-And-Principles Instruction, Perceptual Drawing and Paul Klee's Pedagogical Sketchbook,” International Journal of Art and Design Education, v.39, n.1, Feb. 2020,38-55. https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12225
“Strength and Fragility in Late Figure Drawings by Eugène Delacroix,” Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide, v.18, n.2, Autumn 2019. https://doi.org/10.29411/ncaw.2019.18.2.4
“Questions that Matter: Using Inquiry-Guided Faculty Development to Create an Inquiry-Guided Learning
Curriculum,” Lisa Carstens co-author, in Lee, V.S., Ed., Inquiry-guided learning. New Directions
For Teaching and Learning, No.129, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2012.
“Eugene Delacroix’s Review of Le Dessin sans maitre and the modernized discourse of drawing,” Word & Image, v. 21, no. 3, Aug.-Dec., 2005, 223-243
"Delacroix's Lithographs of Antique Coins," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, July-Aug. 1994, 15-24.
"Eugene Delacroix and Color: Practice, Theory, and Legend," Athanor, II, 1982, 37-43.
"Figure Drawings from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Herman, Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Art Museum, 1980, catalogue entries 27-28 and 33-34.
REVIEWS:
“Review, American Quilts and Coverlets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Amelia Peck et. al.” Journal of
American Culture, v 37, #1, Mar. 2014
“Review, Photographic Memories: Private pictures, Public Images, and American History, Robert Kroes,”
Journal of American Culture, v 31, #1, Mar. 2008
“Review, Encyclopedia of American Folk Art, Gerard C. Wertkin, Ed.,” Journal of American Culture,v 27, #4, Dec. 2004
VWC alumnus and Port of Virginia CEO Joseph Ruddy '83 addresses the Class of 2014 on May 17 at the College's 45th Commencement Ceremony
Expanding NATO-ACT Partnership Enhances VWC's Role in the Global Community
Irene Bargueno '16 served as VWC's first intern for the NATO-ACT Innovation Hub.
Focus on Faculty: Dr. Joyce Howell
After a stellar 38-year career at VWU, the long-time professor of art history plans to retire after this semester