Sample Topics
The following list of selections is intended to help make your library research more successful. There are more sources on some topics than on others, and this can lead to many unfruitful hours combing the library for information that is not available. If you wish to write a paper on a topic that you don’t see here, check with me first. Please note that not all of the following topics are appropriate for every course. For an Introduction to Art History, they are all fair game. For RISD First-Year Art History 102, pick from the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman topics. For Egypt and the Aegean, pick only Egyptian or Aegean Topics. For all other courses, stay within the geographical and chronological limits I gave to you with the assignment description..
Prehistoric
Mesopotamian / Near Eastern
Egyptian
Aegean Bronze Age
Greek
Parthenon Frieze
Olympia Temple of Zeus Sculpture
Attalid Monument for Victory Over the Gauls