The purpose of this course is to serve as a capstone for art history students. It is the culmination of your program and gives you the opportunity to conduct a major research project and to present your findings in a public forum. You will also create a written thesis which will be bound and presented to the Art Department for its library of theses. The written document will be a minimum of 25-35 text pages, to which you will add your bibliography, images, and notes. The thesis will demonstrate your capability in art historical research on a well-chosen, well-defined art historical topic. You should select an object or a theme on which you can sustain an extensive investigation and for which you can locate extensive scholarly resources. Be aware that the development of a thesis and the preliminary research may only result in your finding out that the project is not viable as you have defined it, so you will need to flexible in your approach. The schedule below is a preliminary framework for organization, subject to change. However, each of the components is required.