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Kurt E. Rahmlow

Title: Principal Lecturer

Department: Art History

College: College of Visual Arts and Design

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, University of Iowa, 2008
    Major: Art History
    Dissertation: “Anterior Decorators: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Avant-Garde Environments at Arles and Le Pouldu"
  • MA, University of Iowa, 2003
    Major: Art History
    Dissertation: Symbolic Places - Symbolist Place: Vincent Van Gogh and the Yellow House at Arles
  • MA, Northeastern University, 1996
    Major: English
  • BA, Southern Connecticut State University, 1990
    Major: English

Current Scheduled Teaching

ART 2370.001Art Hist Survey IIISpring 2025
ARTH 4812.001Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Spring 2025
ARTH 4813.001Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 PresentSpring 2025
ART 2370.001Art Hist Survey IIIFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 4812.001Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Fall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 4813.003Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 PresentFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ART 2370.001Art Hist Survey IIISpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 4812.001Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Spring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 5801.003Topics in Art HistorySpring 2024 SPOT
ART 2370.001Art Hist Survey IIIFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 4812.001Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 4813.003Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 PresentFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ART 2370.001Art Hist Survey IIISpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 4812.001Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 4813.003Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 PresentSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ART 2370.001Art Hist Survey IIIFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 4812.001Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 4813.003Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 PresentFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ART 2370.001Art Hist Survey IIISpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 4812.001Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 4812.002Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ART 2370.020Art Hist Survey IIIFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ART 2370.021Art Hist Survey IIIFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 4848.001Art History Senior SeminarFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 4812.001Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ART 2370.020Art Hist Survey IIISpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ART 2370.021Art Hist Survey IIISpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4812.001Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4812.002Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ART 5900.702Special ProblemsSpring 2021
ART 2370.020Art Hist Survey IIIFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ART 2370.021Art Hist Survey IIIFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ART 2370.026Art Hist Survey IIIFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4812.001Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4801.005Topics in Art HistoryFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ART 2360.020Art History Survey IISummer 10W 2020 Syllabus
ART 2360.021Art History Survey IISummer 10W 2020 Syllabus
ART 2360.026Art History Survey IISummer 10W 2020
ART 2370.001Art Hist Survey IIISpring 2020 Syllabus
AEAH 4812.001Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Spring 2020 Syllabus
AEAH 5811.001Seminar in Nineteenth Century ArtSpring 2020
AEAH 4811.001Topics in Nineteenth Century ArtSpring 2020 Syllabus
ART 2370.001Art Hist Survey IIIFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4812.001Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4801.001Topics in Art HistoryFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ART 2360.001Art History Survey IISummer 5W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4813.001Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 PresentSummer 5W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ART 1200.001Art AppreciationSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4812.001Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 5811.001Seminar in Nineteenth Century ArtSpring 2019 SPOT
ART 1200.001Art AppreciationFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4812.001Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4801.001Topics in Art HistoryFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ART 2360.001Art History Survey IISummer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4813.001Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 PresentSummer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ART 1200.001Art AppreciationSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4812.005Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4811.001Topics in Nineteenth Century ArtSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ART 1200.001Art AppreciationFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4812.001Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4801.001Topics in Art HistoryFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ART 2360.001Art History Survey IISummer 5W1 2017 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4813.001Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 PresentSummer 5W1 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ART 1200.001Art AppreciationSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4813.001Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 PresentSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4801.003Topics in Art HistorySpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ART 1200.001Art AppreciationFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4812.002Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4801.001Topics in Art HistoryFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ART 2360.001Art History Survey IISummer 5W2 2016 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4813.001Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 PresentSummer 5W2 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ART 1200.001Art AppreciationSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4813.001Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 PresentSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4811.001Topics in Nineteenth Century ArtSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ART 1200.001Art AppreciationFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4812.002Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4801.001Topics in Art HistoryFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
ART 2360.001Art History Survey IISummer 5W1 2015 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4813.001Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 PresentSummer 5W1 2015 Syllabus SPOT
ART 4900.718Special ProblemsSummer 10W 2015
ART 1200.001Art AppreciationSpring 2015 Syllabus
AEAH 4813.001Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 PresentSpring 2015 Syllabus
AEAH 4801.001Topics in Art HistorySpring 2015 Syllabus
ART 1200.001Art AppreciationFall 2014 Syllabus
AEAH 4812.001Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Fall 2014 Syllabus
AEAH 4801.001Topics in Art HistoryFall 2014 Syllabus
ART 2360.001Art History Survey IISummer 5W1 2014 Syllabus
AEAH 4813.001Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 PresentSummer 5W1 2014 Syllabus
ART 1200.001Art AppreciationSpring 2014 Syllabus
AEAH 4813.001Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 PresentSpring 2014 Syllabus
AEAH 4811.001Topics in Nineteenth Century ArtSpring 2014 Syllabus
ART 1200.001Art AppreciationFall 2013 Syllabus
AEAH 4812.001Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Fall 2013 Syllabus
AEAH 4801.003Topics in Art HistoryFall 2013 Syllabus
ART 2350.001Art History Survey ISummer 5W1 2013 Syllabus
AEAH 4813.001Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 PresentSummer 5W1 2013 Syllabus
ART 1200.001Art AppreciationSpring 2013 Syllabus
AEAH 4810.001Nineteenth Century ArtSpring 2013 Syllabus
AEAH 4813.001Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 PresentSpring 2013 Syllabus
ART 1200.001Art AppreciationFall 2012 Syllabus
AEAH 4843.001History of PhotographyFall 2012 Syllabus
AEAH 4812.001Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Fall 2012 Syllabus
ART 5900.718Special ProblemsFall 2012
AEAH 4813.001Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 PresentSummer 5W1 2012
ART 1300.001Art Appreciation for non art majorsSpring 2012 Syllabus
AEAH 4810.001Nineteenth Century ArtSpring 2012 Syllabus
AEAH 4801.003Topics in Art HistorySpring 2012 Syllabus
ART 1300.001Art Appreciation for non art majorsFall 2011 Syllabus
ART 1300.807Art Appreciation for non art majorsFall 2011 Syllabus
ART 1300.832Art Appreciation for non art majorsFall 2011 Syllabus
AEAH 4843.001History of PhotographyFall 2011 Syllabus
AEAH 4801.003Topics in Art HistoryFall 2011 Syllabus

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Review

  • Rahmlow, K.E. (2021). Review of Allison Deutsch, Consuming Painting: Food and the Feminine in Impressionist Paris. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2021.. 21 (November) H-France Review. https://h-france.net/vol21reviews/vol21no210Rahmlow.pdf
  • Rahmlow, K.E. (2011). Review of John Zarobell, Empire of Landscape: Space and Ideology in French Colonial Algeria, University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2010. Other. 40 (1 and 2) 153-55.
  • Conference Proceeding

  • Kurt E. Rahmlow. (2016). “A Commentary on ‘Narrating Military and War in Art and Literature of the Revolutionary Age’—An Art Historical Perspective”. The Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1850: Selected Papers, 2013. Shreveport, LA, Louisiana State University-Shreveport.
  • Journal Article

  • Rahmlow, K.E. (2016). “‘The admiration one feels for something strange and uncanny’: Impressionism, Symbolism, and Edward Steichen’s Submissions to the 1905 London Photographic Salon”. Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide. 15 (1) n/a. Associated Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art. http://www.19thc-artworldwide.org/index.php/spring16
  • Rahmlow, K.E. (2012). Co-opting the Co-operative: Vincent van Gogh's 'Studio of the South' and Nineteenth-Century Utopian Socialism. Utopian Studies. 23 (1) 79-112.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Rahmlow, K.E. (Principal), "Seashore Dissertation-Year Fellowship," sponsored by Graduate College, University of Iowa, State, Funded. (2007 - 2008).
  • Rahmlow, K.E., "T. Anne Cleary International Travel Research Fellowship," sponsored by Graduate College, University of Iowa, State, Funded. (2007 - 2007).
  • Rahmlow, K.E., "Bodine Fellowship," sponsored by University of Iowa, Department of Art History, State, Funded. (2006 - 2007).
  • Rahmlow, K., "Longman Fellowship," sponsored by University of Iowa, Department of Art History, State, Funded. (2006 - 2006).
  • Grant - Research

  • Rahmlow, K.E., "Student Government Scholarly Presentation and Research Grant," sponsored by University of Iowa Student Government, State, Funded. (2007 - 2007).
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