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Clifton Olds
Edith Cleaves Barry Professor of the History and Criticism of Art, Emeritus
| Phone | (207) 725-3673 |
| Title | Interim Director |
| Department | MUSEUM OF ART |
| 2nd Title | Edith Cleaves Barry Professor of the History & Criticism of Art, Emeritus |
| 2nd Department | ART |
| Work Location | Walker Art Building |
| colds@bowdoin.edu |
Education:
Dartmouth College, B.A., 1957
University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., 1966
Teaching appointments:
San Diego State College, 1962-1964
The University of Michigan, 1964-1982
Bowdoin College, 1982-present
Other professional appointments:
Acting Director, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1980-81.
Acting Director, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1987-88.
Director, the University of Michigan/Sarah Lawrence Summer Program, Florence, Italy, 1979.
Research Interests:
Late Medieval and Renaissance Iconography
Theories of Beauty
The Japanese Garden
Most Recent Publication:
The Japanese Garden. Bowdoin College, 2001 with updates. A comprehensive, art-historical website dealing with the historic gardens of Kyoto. ( link to The Japanese Garden site »)
Recent Exhibitions Curated at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art:
"The Art of War: Four Centuries of Images, " May - August, 2003.