Selecting your Report Topic

    For Monday, August 30th, you should go to the Metropolitan Museum's Website http://www.metmuseum.org/ and explore the various segments of the site, including the Cloisters, to find the work/object which will be your research topic.  You are not not limited to the few things which were presented in class, nor to any particular period or area of art.  The museum has a tremendous range, including Ancient, European, Asian, American, Medieval, Baroque, Modern, photography, &C &C &C &C.   You may choose western, non-western, any media, any period, as long as the object you choose will be substantial enough for you to create a sustained research project on it.  Thus, it must be something about which others have done research, and for which you can find good scholarly information.  You can start, of course with what the website material relays to you, but you will have to have a lot more.  It will help if you ask yourself what it is about it that interests you, and try to frame your thesis statement so that you show a clear sense of direction for your working framework.  Go ahead and do a bit of research to see if you think you can find what you want to work with.

On Monday, you should give me a typed sheet which includes the object, its number at the Met, and a working thesis statement, with a preliminary bibliography.  Once you have an approved topic, you may proceed in earnest.