Irene Nero
Art History
Irene Nero teaches survey level and upper level Nineteenth Century, Modern and Contemporary Art History classes. Dr. Nero holds an Interior Design degree as well as a B.A., M.A., and Doctorate in the Philosophy of Art and Art History.
Her research interests are two-fold. She explores the interdisciplinary relationships and reciprocity of art and technology within painting, sculpture, and architecture. Second, she researches the relationships between spirituality and technology in early modern art, particularly those found in the works of the German Expressionists.
Books
“Transformation in Architecture: Frank Gehry’s Techno-Morphism at the Guggenheim Bilbao,” Fall 2009
Chapter Essays
“Baroque Tendencies in Contemporary Architecture: Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Bilbao”, Baroque Tendencies in Contemporary Art. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007
Presentations
It All Begins on the Street: Rauschenberg’s Transition to Postmodernity, 2009
Neo-Regionalism in Architecture: Looking for a Sense of Place in a Global
Village: Gehry and Le Corbusier, 2006 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities
Temporality and E-Technology: Frank Gehry’s Neo-Regionalist Style,
Southeastern Louisiana University, Annual Faculty Lectures
Intersections and Junctions: Art and Technology in Gehry’s Guggenheim
Museum in Bilbao, Spain, 2005 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities
Art Versus Industry: The Techno-morphic Design and Manufacture of Frank
O. Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain Southeastern Louisiana University
1914 Deutsche Werkbund Debate Resolved: The Design and Manufacture of
Frank O. Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain, 54th Annual Conference of Society of Architectural Historians
The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao: Urban Renewal, Southeastern
Louisiana University
Contextualizing Contemporary Architecture: A Case Study: Frank Gehry’s
Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain
E-Technology and Art: Frank O. Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao
Western Carolina State University
Le Corbusier’s “Primitivism:” His Creation of a Regional Style, Florida State University Symposium
Articles
“The 1914 Deutsche Werkbund Debate Resolved: The Design and Manufacture of Frank O. Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain,” Athanor XX, Tallahassee: Florida State University, 2001
“The Creation of Le Corbusier’s “Primitivistic” Regional Style: A Study in Resolved Dialectic Oppositions,” Athanor XVII, Tallahassee: Florida State University, 1999