Helen McCormack

• Reader in Art and Design History
• Design History & Theory

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Book or Monograph

William Hunter and his Eighteenth-Century Cultural Worlds: The Anatomist and the Fine Arts

McCormack, Helen (2017) William Hunter and his Eighteenth-Century Cultural Worlds: The Anatomist and the Fine Arts. Routledge Research in Art History . Routledge. ISBN 9781472424426

Edited Book

Reassembling the social interior: historical spaces from contemporary viewpoints

McCormack, Helen, Gray, Jennifer and Richter, Anne Nellis, eds. (2025) Reassembling the social interior: historical spaces from contemporary viewpoints. Studies in Design and Material Culture, 1 . Manchester University Press, Manchester. ISBN 9781526176912

Book Section

Introduction: reassembling and reimagining the social interior

Gray, Jennifer, Richter, Anne Nellis and McCormack, Helen (2024) Introduction: reassembling and reimagining the social interior. In: Reassembling the social interior: historical spaces from contemporary viewpoints. Studies in Design and Material Culture, 1 . Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp. 1-18. ISBN 9781526176912

Dr Hunter's Shield: Miscellaneous Curiosities and Antiquarian Debates

McCormack, H. (2015) Dr Hunter's Shield: Miscellaneous Curiosities and Antiquarian Debates. In: William Hunter's World: The Art and Science of Eighteenth-Century Collecting. The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950 . Ashgate, pp. 240-246. ISBN 9781409447740

Housing the Collection: The Great Windmill Street Anatomy Theatre and Museum

McCormack, H. (2007) Housing the Collection: The Great Windmill Street Anatomy Theatre and Museum. In: ‘My Highest Pleasures’ William Hunter’s Art Collection. Paul Holberton Publishing, pp. 101-116. ISBN 9781903470312

Banham's 'Unhouse' as Anti-Interiority: Towards Twenty-First Century Theories of Design and Domesticity

McCormack, Helen (2021) Banham's 'Unhouse' as Anti-Interiority: Towards Twenty-First Century Theories of Design and Domesticity. In: Design Culture(s). Cumulus Conference Proceedings Roma 2021. Cumulus, Italy, pp. 4434-4443. ISBN 978-952-64-9004-5

The Great Windmill Street Anatomy School and Museum

McCormack, Helen (2015) The Great Windmill Street Anatomy School and Museum. In: William Hunter's World: The Art and Science of Eighteenth-Century Collecting. The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700–1950 . Ashgate, Farnham, pp. 13-28. ISBN 9781409447740

Greenwich to Stirling to Greenwich: Splendorous Impulses and Composed Ornaments

McCormack, Helen (2019) Greenwich to Stirling to Greenwich: Splendorous Impulses and Composed Ornaments. In: Splendour. Glasgow School of Art and Royal Museums Greenwich, p. 26.

Pennant, Hunter, Stubbs and the Pursuit of Nature

McCormack, Helen (2017) Pennant, Hunter, Stubbs and the Pursuit of Nature. In: Enlightenment Travel and British Identities: Thomas Pennant's Tours of Scotland and Wales. Anthem Press, pp. 203-222. ISBN 9781783086535

Social spaces of knowledge: the homes, streets and squares of London's eighteenth-century scientists

McCormack, Helen (2024) Social spaces of knowledge: the homes, streets and squares of London's eighteenth-century scientists. In: Reassembling the social interior: historical spaces from contemporary viewpoints. Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp. 209-227. ISBN 9781526176912

Superb Cabinets or Splendid Anachronisms? Anatomy, Natural History and Fine Arts in the London Town House

McCormack, Helen (2019) Superb Cabinets or Splendid Anachronisms? Anatomy, Natural History and Fine Arts in the London Town House. In: The Georgian London Town House: Building, Collecting and Display. Bloomsbury Visual Arts, pp. 169-190. ISBN 9781501337291

Article

[Book review] Interiors in the Age of Enlightenment: A Cultural History

McCormack, Helen (2024) [Book review] Interiors in the Age of Enlightenment: A Cultural History. Journal of Design History. ISSN 1741-7279

Gothic Architecture and Sexuality in the Circle of Horace Walpole by Matthew M. Reeve [Book review]

McCormack, Helen (2021) Gothic Architecture and Sexuality in the Circle of Horace Walpole by Matthew M. Reeve [Book review]. Journal of Design History, 34 (1). pp. 77-78. ISSN 0952-4649

Joseph Banks and William Hunter: where the Royal Society meets the Royal Academy

McCormack, Helen (2020) Joseph Banks and William Hunter: where the Royal Society meets the Royal Academy. Journal for Maritime Research, 21 (1-2). pp. 119-142. ISSN 2153 - 3369

Review of: House and Home in Georgian Ireland: Spaces and Cultures of Domestic Life edited by Conor Lucey, Four Courts Press, 2022

McCormack, Helen (2023) Review of: House and Home in Georgian Ireland: Spaces and Cultures of Domestic Life edited by Conor Lucey, Four Courts Press, 2022. Journal of Design History, 37 (2). pp. 173-174. ISSN 0952-4649

Thomas Pennant on the Isle of Bute

McCormack, Helen (2019) Thomas Pennant on the Isle of Bute. Curious Travellers.

Conference or Workshop Item

'The Anatomist at Home: The Great Windmill Street Anatomy School and Museum

McCormack, Helen (2014) 'The Anatomist at Home: The Great Windmill Street Anatomy School and Museum. In: Houses as Museums/Museums as Houses, 12-13th September, Wallace Collection, London.

Animalia, Autopsia, Natura: George Stubbs' The Moose (1770)

McCormack, Helen (2020) Animalia, Autopsia, Natura: George Stubbs' The Moose (1770). In: George Stubbs 'All Done From Nature', 17 January 2020, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes.

Animating Anatomy: 16 Great Windmill Street Westminster

McCormack, Helen (2016) Animating Anatomy: 16 Great Windmill Street Westminster. In: Animating the Georgian London Town House, 17-18th Mar 2016, London, UK.

Banham’s ‘Unhouse’ as Anti-Interiority: Towards Twenty-First-Century Theories of Design and Domesticity

McCormack, Helen (2021) Banham’s ‘Unhouse’ as Anti-Interiority: Towards Twenty-First-Century Theories of Design and Domesticity. In: Cumulus Roma 2021, 08-11 June 2021, Rome, Italy (online).

‘George Stubbs, William Hunter and the Pursuit of Nature’

McCormack, Helen (2015) ‘George Stubbs, William Hunter and the Pursuit of Nature’. In: Exotic Anatomies: Stubbs, Banks and the Cultures of Natural History, March 7th 2015, National Maritime Museum Greenwich, London.

Northern Italian Painting and Naturalism: Robert Strange, William Hunter and the Royal Academy of Arts

McCormack, Helen (2018) Northern Italian Painting and Naturalism: Robert Strange, William Hunter and the Royal Academy of Arts. In: The Roman Art World in the Eighteenth Century and the Birth of the Art Academy in Britain, 10-11 December 2018, British School, Rome.

Superb Cabinets or Splendid Anachronisms? “Experimental” Collecting in Early Scientific Interiors

McCormack, Helen (2015) Superb Cabinets or Splendid Anachronisms? “Experimental” Collecting in Early Scientific Interiors. In: Collections in Use, 06 Jul 2015, King's College London, UK.

William Hunter’s Great Windmill Street Museum and Anatomy Theatre

McCormack, Helen (2015) William Hunter’s Great Windmill Street Museum and Anatomy Theatre. In: Drawing A Pre-eminent Skill, 27 Mar 2015, Royal Academy of Arts, London.

Reinterpreting Ornament: Historical Distance, Design Theory and Digital Crafts

McCormack, Helen and Weidenbach, Silvia (2021) Reinterpreting Ornament: Historical Distance, Design Theory and Digital Crafts. In: METHOD/ART: Methods in Artistic Research, 17-18 March 2021, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp (Wintertuin).

Mac Research Symposium : How To Publish an Academic Book

Rodger, Johnny, McCormack, Helen, Robertson, Frances and Urban, Florian (2018) Mac Research Symposium : How To Publish an Academic Book. In: Mac Research symposium, 24 January 2018, Bourdon building, Main Lecture theatre, Glasgow School of Art.

Performance

Elizabeth: A Film by Katherine Meynell

McCormack, Helen (2016) Elizabeth: A Film by Katherine Meynell. [Performance]

Other

Book Review: The Society of Dilettanti, Archaeology and Identity in the British Enlightenment by Jason M. Kelly, New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2009. Submitted for publication in the Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2011.

McCormack, H. (2011) Book Review: The Society of Dilettanti, Archaeology and Identity in the British Enlightenment by Jason M. Kelly, New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2009. Submitted for publication in the Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2011. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies published by Wiley.

Exhibition review - Anatomy Acts at the City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Summer 2006 and A Healing Passion at Hunterian Museum, Glasgow

McCormack, H. (2006) Exhibition review - Anatomy Acts at the City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Summer 2006 and A Healing Passion at Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. UNSPECIFIED.

Book Review: Enlightened Eclecticism: The Grand Design of the 1st Duke and Duchess of Northumberland by Adriano Aymonino and London's 'Golden Mile' The Great Houses of the Strand, 1550-1650

McCormack, Helen (2022) Book Review: Enlightened Eclecticism: The Grand Design of the 1st Duke and Duchess of Northumberland by Adriano Aymonino and London's 'Golden Mile' The Great Houses of the Strand, 1550-1650. Oxford Academic, Oxford.