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Larry D Busbea

  • Professor, Art
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
  • (520) 626-3053
  • Art Building & Art Museum, Rm. 108
  • Tucson, AZ 85721
  • lbusbea@arizona.edu
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  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

Biography

Larry Busbea's research focuses on both normative and exemplary aesthetic practices in Europe and the United States after WWII, with a special emphasis on intersections of art, architecture, and design. His book, Topologies: The Urban Utopia in France, 1960-1970 was published by MIT Press in 2007.

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Art History
    • Graduate Center: City University of New York
  • M.A. Art History and Criticism
    • SUNY Stony Brook
  • B.A. English
    • University of Central Arkansas

Work Experience

  • Manhattan College (2003 - 2004)
  • Architectural History Foundation, publisher, NY (2001 - 2006)
  • Brooklyn College (1999 - 2000)
  • NYU School of Professional and Continuing Studies (1999)
  • Montclair State Univ., New Jersey (1998 - 1999)
  • Fashion Institute of Technology (1998)

Awards

  • International Committee of Architecture Critics Book Awards
    • Summer 2008
  • Publication Subvention
    • Spring 2006
  • Kress Travel Fellowship
    • Fall 2002
  • John Rewald Research Fellowship
    • Fall 2000

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Courses

2025-26 Courses

  • Intro Mod Design History
    ARH 370 (Fall 2025)
  • Isus Cntmp Theory + Crit
    ARH 596I (Fall 2025)

2024-25 Courses

  • Dissertation
    ARH 920 (Spring 2025)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARC 325 (Spring 2025)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARH 325 (Spring 2025)
  • Intro Mod Design History
    ARH 370 (Spring 2025)
  • Dissertation
    ARH 920 (Fall 2024)
  • Intro Mod Design History
    ARH 370 (Fall 2024)
  • Isus Cntmp Theory + Crit
    ARH 596I (Fall 2024)

2023-24 Courses

  • Dissertation
    ARH 920 (Spring 2024)
  • Dissertation
    ARH 920 (Fall 2023)

2022-23 Courses

  • Dissertation
    ARH 920 (Spring 2023)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARC 325 (Spring 2023)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARH 325 (Spring 2023)
  • Topics In Art History
    ARH 480 (Spring 2023)
  • Topics In Art History
    ARH 580 (Spring 2023)
  • Dissertation
    ARH 920 (Fall 2022)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARC 325 (Fall 2022)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARH 325 (Fall 2022)
  • Intro Mod Design History
    ARH 370 (Fall 2022)
  • Practicum
    ARH 694 (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Dissertation
    ARH 920 (Spring 2022)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARC 325 (Spring 2022)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARH 325 (Spring 2022)
  • Intro Mod Design History
    ARH 370 (Spring 2022)
  • Dissertation
    ARH 920 (Fall 2021)
  • European Art Since 1945
    ARH 426A (Fall 2021)
  • Intro Mod Design History
    ARH 370 (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • Dissertation
    ARH 920 (Spring 2021)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARC 325 (Spring 2021)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARH 325 (Spring 2021)
  • Topics In Art History
    ARH 480 (Spring 2021)
  • Topics In Art History
    ARH 580 (Spring 2021)
  • American Art-20th Cent
    ARH 429D (Fall 2020)
  • American Art-20th Cent
    ARH 529D (Fall 2020)
  • Dissertation
    ARH 920 (Fall 2020)
  • Independent Study
    ARH 599 (Fall 2020)
  • Intro Mod Design History
    ARH 370 (Fall 2020)

2019-20 Courses

  • Dissertation
    ARH 920 (Spring 2020)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARC 325 (Spring 2020)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARH 325 (Spring 2020)
  • Honors Thesis
    ARH 498H (Spring 2020)
  • Topics In Art History
    ARH 480 (Spring 2020)
  • Topics In Art History
    ARH 580 (Spring 2020)
  • Dissertation
    ARH 920 (Fall 2019)
  • European Art Since 1945
    ARH 426A (Fall 2019)
  • European Art Since 1945
    ARH 526A (Fall 2019)
  • Honors Thesis
    ARH 498H (Fall 2019)
  • Intro Mod Design History
    ARH 370 (Fall 2019)

2018-19 Courses

  • European Art Since 1945
    ARH 426A (Summer I 2019)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARH 325 (Summer I 2019)
  • Dissertation
    ARH 920 (Spring 2019)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARC 325 (Spring 2019)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARH 325 (Spring 2019)
  • Internship
    ARH 393 (Spring 2019)
  • Internship
    ARH 493 (Spring 2019)
  • Topics In Art History
    ARH 480 (Spring 2019)
  • Topics In Art History
    ARH 580 (Spring 2019)
  • Dissertation
    ARH 920 (Fall 2018)
  • Independent Study
    ARH 599 (Fall 2018)
  • Intro Mod Design History
    ARH 370 (Fall 2018)
  • Thry+Meth/Renaiss-1960
    ARH 511A (Fall 2018)

2017-18 Courses

  • Contemporary Art+Theory
    ART 119 (Summer I 2018)
  • Contemporary Art+Theory
    ART 119 (Spring 2018)
  • European Art Since 1945
    ARH 426A (Spring 2018)
  • European Art Since 1945
    ARH 526A (Spring 2018)
  • Contemporary Art+Theory
    ART 119 (Fall 2017)
  • Independent Study
    ARH 599 (Fall 2017)
  • Intro Mod Design History
    ARH 370 (Fall 2017)

2016-17 Courses

  • Contemporary Art+Theory
    ART 119 (Summer I 2017)
  • Contemporary Art+Theory
    ART 119 (Spring 2017)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARC 325 (Spring 2017)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARH 325 (Spring 2017)
  • Honors Thesis
    ARH 498H (Spring 2017)
  • Contemporary Art+Theory
    ART 119 (Fall 2016)
  • Honors Thesis
    ARH 498H (Fall 2016)
  • Internship
    ARH 393 (Fall 2016)
  • Internship
    ARH 593 (Fall 2016)
  • Intro Mod Design History
    ARH 370 (Fall 2016)

2015-16 Courses

  • Contemporary Art+Theory
    ART 119 (Summer I 2016)
  • Thesis
    ARH 910 (Summer I 2016)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARC 325 (Spring 2016)
  • Hist Modern Architecture
    ARH 325 (Spring 2016)
  • Internship
    ARH 593 (Spring 2016)
  • Isus Cntmp Theory + Crit
    ARH 596I (Spring 2016)
  • Thesis
    ARH 910 (Spring 2016)

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