History of Art and Architecture

Fil Hearn †

Professor Emeritus

Biography

We are saddened by the passing of our dear colleague, Fil Hearn, on October 31, 2024. He is remembered fondly by colleagues and family, and you can read more about Fil as he is remembered by colleague M. Alison Stones and his obituary written by his family.

 

 

Fil Hearn has published widely on architectural history and theory in the medieval and modern periods, most recently in his award-winning book Ideas That Shaped Buildings. For twenty-five years he served as Director of the Univeristy of Pittsburgh's Architectural Studies Program.

Education Details

PhD, University of Indiana

Selected Publications

Romanesque Sculpture: Ithaca & London, 1981, 1985.

Ripon Minster: Philadelphia, 1983.

The Architectural Theory of Viollet-le-Duc: Cambridge, Mass., 1990, 1993.

Ideas That Shaped Buildings: Cambridge, Mass., 2003.

Selected Awards

NEH, ACLS, Kress, University of Pittsburgh

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Current Projects

Books on analysis of architecture and on Canterbury Cathedral