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- Robert Wojtowicz
- Professor
- College of Arts & Letters
- 9034 Batten Arts and Letters
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Norfolk,
VA
23529
- 757-683-6077
- rwojtowi@odu.edu
- Robert Wojtowicz is Professor of Art History and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College of Arts and
Letters at Old Dominion University. He is the literary executor of the Estate of Lewis and Sophia Mumford and the author of
Lewis Mumford and American Modernism: Eutopian Theories for Architecture and Urban Planning (1996); the editor of Sidewalk
Critic: Lewis Mumford''s Writings on New York (1998) and Mumford on Modern Art in the 1930s (2007); and the co-editor (with
Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer) of Frank Lloyd Wright and Lewis Mumford: Thirty Years of Correspondence (2001).
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Education
- University of Pennsylvania,
1990
- Major: History of Art
- Degree: Ph. D.
- Columbia University,
1984
- Major: Art History and Archaeology
- Degree: M.A.
- University of Pennsylvania,
1983
- Major: American Civilization
- Degree: B.A.
- University of Pennsylvania,
1983
- Major: American Civilization
- Degree: M.A.
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Research Interests
- history of American art and architecture, history of urban plannning, historic preservation
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Expertise
- Art History
- Architectural History / Urban Planning History / Historic Preservation
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Books
- Wojtowicz, R. (2007). Mumford on Modern Art in the 1930s. Berkeley, Ca.: University of California Press.
- Pfeiffer, B. B., and Wojtowicz, R. (2001). Frank Lloyd Wright and Lewis Mumford: Thirty Years of Correspondence. New York, N.Y.: Princeton Architectural Press.
- Wojtowicz, R. (1998). Sidewalk Critic: Lewis Mumford's Writings on New York. New York, N.Y.: Princeton Architectural Press.
- Wojtowicz, R. (1996). Lewis Mumford and American Modernism: Eutopian Theories for Architecture and Urban Planning. Cambridge New York, and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
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Book Chapters
- Wojtowicz, R. (2002). Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont.. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Wojtowicz, R. (2000). Lewis Mumford: Builder of the Regional City. (pp. 133-148). Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt-am-Main, New York, and Wien: Peter Lang.
- Wojtowicz, R. (1990). Lewis Mumford: The Architectural Critic as Historian. (pp. 237-249). Hanover and London: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. with University Press of New England.
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Articles
- Wojtowicz, R. (2005). A Model House and a House’s Model: Reexamining Frank Lloyd Wright’s House on the Mesa Project. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 64, (pp. 522-551).
- Wojtowicz, R. (2001). City as Community: The Life and Vision of Lewis Mumford., 4, (pp. 4-7).
- Wojtowicz, R. (1987). A Hollar Counterproof. Print Quarterly, 4, (pp. 420).
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Presentations
- Adapting or Perishing: How Digital Images Are Transforming the Teaching of Art History
- Conference Name: Old Dominion University
- Sponsoring Organization: Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, Va.
- Date: March 15, 2012
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- The Norfolk Streetcar System
- Sponsoring Organization: Harbor's Edge Retirement Community
- Location: Norfolk, Va.
- Date: October 25, 2011
- Authors/Presenters:
- Pointed in the Right Direction: Lewis Mumford’s Criticism of Frank Lloyd Wright
- Conference Name:
- Location: Philadelphia, Pa.
- Date: September 23, 2011
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R. Author Only
- The Norfolk Streetcar System in Lafayette-Winona
- Sponsoring Organization: Lafayette-Winona Civic League
- Location: Norfolk, Va.
- Date: May 18, 2011
- Authors/Presenters:
- Lewis Mumford’s The Culture of Cities: Seventy Years Later
- Conference Name: Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Kyushu University
- Sponsoring Organization: Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Kyushu University
- Location: Fukuoko, Japan
- Date: October 4, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Mumford on Abstraction
- Conference Name:
- Location: Nashville, Tenn.
- Date: October 26, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Frank Lloyd Wright in Virginia
- Sponsoring Organization: Department of Architecture, Hampton University
- Location: Hampton, VA
- Date: March 31, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Frank Lloyd Wright in Virginia
- Conference Name: Portsmouth Public Library
- Sponsoring Organization: Portsmouth Public Library
- Location: Portsmouth, VA
- Date: January 10, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- A Walk Up High Street
- Sponsoring Organization: Portsmouth Historical Association
- Location: Portsmouth, VA
- Date: May 31, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Frank Lloyd Wright in Virginia
- Sponsoring Organization: Friends of the Jean Outland Chrysler Library, Chrysler Museum of Art
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: April 7, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Re-Examining the Familiar: Frank Lloyd Wright’s House on the Mesa
- Conference Name:
- Location: San Francisco, Calif.
- Date: September 5, 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Roundtable – Patrick Geddes: Pioneering Planner, Regionalist and Communitarian
- Conference Name:
- Location: Baltimore, MD
- Date: November 22, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- The New Culture of Cities: A Response
- Conference Name: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Sponsoring Organization: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Date: November 5, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- The Changing Face of Downtown Norfolk
- Conference Name: Chrysler Museum of Art
- Sponsoring Organization: Chrysler Museum of Art
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: September 19, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Frank Lloyd Wright and Lewis Mumford: A Dialogue on Modern Architecture
- Sponsoring Organization: College of Architecture, Planning, and Design, Kansas State University
- Location: Manhattan, Kans.
- Date: March 6, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Censorship and the Art Appreciation Arena
- Conference Name:
- Location: Philadelphia, Pa
- Date: February 21, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Frank Lloyd Wright and Lewis Mumford: A Dialog About Modern Architecture
- Sponsoring Organization: Department of History of Art, University of Reading
- Location: Reading, U.K.
- Date: May 9, 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- ‘As From One Master to Another’: The Correspondence of Frank Lloyd Wright and Lewis Mumford
- Conference Name: Society of Architectural Historians Annual
- Sponsoring Organization: Society of Architectural Historians Annual
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Date: April 21, 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Revisiting an Old Master: Rogier van der Weyden’s ‘St Luke’ as Text and Image Maker
- Conference Name: College of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion University
- Sponsoring Organization: College of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: February 21, 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Architecture in the Museum
- Sponsoring Organization: Docents’ Lecture, Chrysler Museum of Art
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: February 1, 2000
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- The Architecture of the Police State: Lewis Mumford, Robert Moses, and Stuyvesant Town
- Conference Name: Society for American City and Regional Planning History
- Sponsoring Organization: Society for American City and Regional Planning History
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: November 20, 1999
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Lewis Mumford and Regionalism
- Sponsoring Organization: Urban Services Ph.D. Association, College of Business and Public Administration, Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: March 18, 1999
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Frank Lloyd Wright and the Arts and Crafts Movement
- Sponsoring Organization: The Eloise Hunter Chapter of the Victorian Society in America
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: February 18, 1999
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Lewis Mumford: Builder of the Regional City
- Conference Name: University of Edinburgh
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Edinburgh
- Location: Edinburgh, U.K.
- Date: May 9, 1998
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Digitizing and Storing Images for Teaching and Website Presentation
- Conference Name:
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: October 23, 1997
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
Shelton, N. M.
- The Biltmore Estate: Remaking America in the Image of Europe
- Sponsoring Organization: Institute of Humanities, College of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: March 30, 1996
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Looking Up: The Growth of American Architecture
- Sponsoring Organization: Elderhostel Program, Old Dominion University
- Location: Virginia Beach, VA
- Date: November 16, 1995
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Looking Up: The Growth of American Architecture
- Sponsoring Organization: Elderhostel Program, Old Dominion University
- Location: Virginia Beach, VA
- Date: November 14, 1995
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Looking at Architecture
- Sponsoring Organization: Maury High School
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: May 4, 1995
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- The Gilded Age in America
- Sponsoring Organization: The Eloise Hunter Chapter of the Victorian Society in America
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: March 21, 1995
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Norfolk Architecture: 1682 to the Present
- Sponsoring Organization: Continuing Education Program, Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: October 6, 1994
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Norfolk Architecture: 1682 to the Present
- Sponsoring Organization: Continuing Education Program, Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: October 4, 1994
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Norfolk Architecture
- Sponsoring Organization: The Chrysler Museum of Art, Department of Historic Houses
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: February 22, 1994
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Lewis Mumford and the ‘Imperial Façade’
- Conference Name: Society for American City and Regional Planning History
- Sponsoring Organization: Society for American City and Regional Planning History
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
- Date: November 19, 1993
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Fragments of the Future, or the Kaleidoscopic Crystal Ball
- Conference Name:
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: October 29, 1993
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Clarence Amos Neff and the Arts and Crafts Movement in Norfolk
- Conference Name:
- Location: Durham, N.C.
- Date: October 22, 1993
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Beaux-Arts Norfolk
- Conference Name: Old Dominion University
- Sponsoring Organization: Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: November 24, 1992
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- The Architecture of Clarence Amos Neff of Norfolk
- Conference Name:
- Location: Charlottesville, VA
- Date: November 13, 1992
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Mumford’s ‘Eutopia’: Realizing the Good Place
- Conference Name: Society of Architectural Historians Annual
- Sponsoring Organization: Society of Architectural Historians Annual
- Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Date: April 2, 1992
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Lewis Mumford, The Dynamo, and the Virgin in Washington Heights
- Sponsoring Organization: City College of New York
- Location: New York, N.Y.
- Date: March 26, 1992
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- History of Chicago Architecture as Battleground
- Conference Name:
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
- Date: February 13, 1992
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Christian Iconography
- Sponsoring Organization: Catholic Campus Ministry, Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: February 11, 1992
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- The Critic As Propagandist: Lewis Mumford and the ‘Radburn Idea’
- Conference Name: Society for American City and Regional Planning History
- Sponsoring Organization: Society for American City and Regional Planning History
- Location: Richmond, Va
- Date: November 8, 1991
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- The Dynamo and the Virgin in Washington Heights
- Conference Name: Southern American Studies Association Annual
- Sponsoring Organization: Southern American Studies Association Annual
- Location: Williamsburg, Va
- Date: February 16, 1991
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Organic vs. International: Lewis Mumford and the Question of Style in 1932
- Conference Name:
- Location: Boston, Mass.
- Date: March 31, 1990
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Philadelphia: The Modern City
- Sponsoring Organization: Foundation for Architecture
- Location: Philadelphia, Pa
- Date: February 28, 1990
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- The Life and Times of Charles Willson Peale, 1741-1827
- Sponsoring Organization: Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Location: Philadelphia, Pa
- Date: November 18, 1989
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- The Life and Times of Charles Willson Peale, 1741-1827
- Sponsoring Organization: Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Location: Philadelphia, Pa
- Date: November 4, 1989
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Philadelphia: A City of Neighborhoods
- Sponsoring Organization: Foundation for Architecture
- Location: Philadelphia, Pa
- Date: March 15, 1989
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Lewis Mumford: The Architectural Critic as Historian
- Sponsoring Organization: National Gallery of Art
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: December 10, 1988
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Word and Image in Rogier van der Weyden’s ‘St. Luke Portraying the Virgin’
- Sponsoring Organization: The Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University
- Location: Kalamazoo, Mich
- Date: May 7, 1988
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Lewis Mumford and the Canon of Nineteenth-Century American Architectural Genius
- Sponsoring Organization: The Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, Columbia University
- Location: New York, NY
- Date: March 26, 1988
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Philadelphia: A City of Neighborhoods
- Sponsoring Organization: Foundation for Architecture
- Location: Philadelphia, Pa.
- Date: February 24, 1988
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- Complexity of Architectural Form and Meaning at Torcello
- Sponsoring Organization: The Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University
- Location: Kalamazoo, Mich
- Date: May 9, 1987
- Authors/Presenters:
Wojtowicz, R.
- 2000: Instructional Technology Award, College of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion University
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