Bowdoin College. Museum of Art — Art Purposes: Object Lessons for the Liberal Arts

Brunswick, ME / Munich, Bowdoin College Museum of Art / Delmonico Books, Prestel Verlag, 2019. Hardcover. Illustrated dj; olive boards with gilt lettering on spine. 224 pages : color illustrations. "This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Art Purposes: Object Lessons for the Liberal Arts, organized by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, June 29/October 27, 2019"--Colophon./ Includes bibliographical references. "The Bowdoin College Museum of Art features nearly 24,000 works spanning antiquity to today, housed on Bowdoin's campus in coastal Maine. Since it began collecting in 1811, the museum has served as a unique resource for students, scholars, and visitors from around the world. This splendid book takes readers on a trip through art history--and through the liberal arts, which serve as the college's grounding philosophy--using key objects from Bowdoin's diverse collection. With insightful essays that illuminate art in the context of current, interdisciplinary liberal arts questions, this volume is an art lover's treasure that will spark readers' curiosity and help nurture their intellectual lives"-- Contents: Art purposes / by Joachim Homann -- On the origins and development of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art / by Anne Collins Goodyear -- Ancient art -- Asian art -- European art -- Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas -- American art -- Modern art -- Contemporary art -- Afterword : an epistle for the future / Frank H. Goodyear III. VG .