Table of Contents

Inside This Issue

May 1996 Volume 88 Number 8

36 What Is There to Teach Abot Art?

The emphasis is now on the student, and the object is "visual literacy." By Rebecca Bailey

46 9 Reasons the Hood Bought this Painting

A little Rococo number by Charles Joseph Natoire is an educational gem.

48 A Mini-Seminar on Two Hood Pieces

Dartmouth curators and profs tell what they see in works by Lilly Martin Spencer and Fernand Leger.

52 GuardianOf Halos

A museum guard is more than a watchdog. He is a keeper of grace. By Carl Little'76

56 The Art of Collecting

To be a collector, you need to be willing to be dragged by the nostrils on the whiff of Something Great. By Diane Cyr

4 Letters

18 Dr. Wheelock's Journal

22 On the Hill

30 PresidentialRange

32 Curmudgeon

34 Syllabus

64 Class Notes

65 D-Mail

90 Obituaries

96 Dartmouth Undying

On The Cover: Aristotle contemplating a bust by Laurens. Painting by J. T.Morrow; concept byRembrandt.