Art History

Art History at Bowdoin offers courses that examine works of art in their historical, social, religious, and philosophical contexts. Students study not only the formal aesthetic values of these works, but also the ways in which they reflect the cultures and the personalities that produced them.

Student Research

Announcement

Art History Fall 2021 Course Offerings

Here are the Art History courses for Fall 2021.

Bowdoin Museum of Art

Upcoming Events

Bowdoin College Museum of Art Announces Public Reopening July 1 with Four New Exhibitions
After more than a year of pandemic-related closure, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art will reopen to the public on July 1, 2021, when it will present four new exhibitions.
The Foundationalist: Celebrating the Written Word
Be it fiction, nonfiction, or poetry, all submissions are welcome at The Foundationalist. The undergraduate-run literary magazine has gone from strength to strength since it was founded by Bowdoin students in 2018.
Bowdoin Educators Receive NEH Grant to Hold Holocaust Education Seminar
History professor Page Herrlinger and art history research associate Natasha Goldman secure a six-figure federal grant to offer a seminar next summer for school teachers on “Teaching the Holocaust through Visual Culture.”