1. Compare a page from the Lindisfarne Gospels with one from the Book of Kells

2. Compare the mosaic cycle at San Vitale with the one from St. Apollonaire

3. Compare Michelangelo’s "Pieta" with his "Moses"

4. Compare approaches to the nude female by Botticelli and Massacio

5. Compare a sculpture by Verrochio with one by Donatello

6. Compare the bronze doors of Ghiberti to those by Donatello

7. Compare a painting by Parmigiano and Bronzino

8. Compare a painting by painting by El Greco and Tintoretto

9. Compare stylistically the Merode and Ghent Altarpieces

10. Compare the architectural innovations and iconography of 2 gothic cathedrals

11. Compare an interior painting by Georges de la Tour and Vermeer

12. Compare an etching by Albrecht Dürer vs. a painting by Dürer

13. Compare a painting by Caravaggio to one by Jusepe Ribera

14. Compare a paintings Peter Paul Rubens and Diego Velazquez.

15. Compare a painting and etching by Rembrandt van Rijn of the same subject

16. Compare Romanesque and Gothic versions of the same sculpture

17. Compare a landscape painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Claude Lorrain

18. Compare stylistically two paintings by Jacques Louis David

19. Compare paintings by Jean-August-Dominique Ingres and Eugéne Delacroix

20. Compare paintings by Francisco Goya and Theodore Gericault

21. Compare the lithographs of Daumier with the photographs of Nadar

22. Compare the satirical illustrations of Hogarth and Daumier

23. Compare and contrast 5 different paintings of renaissance Italian Popes by different artists

I will also accept suggestions from a student if a student has a particular artist he or she is particularly fond of, providing that the artist(s) is from the time period covered in this class and is a comparison of some type.

Term Paper    

I want you to write a detail comparison of two works of art.   The comparison should be based primarily on your own observations.   What do you see"   What are the characteristics of technique, style, media, use of line, values, color? What factors influence the work of each artist's work?   You may also compare differences in symbolism, artist's motivation, meaning, etc.   The basic structure of your paper should be as follows:

A. Introduction

B. Background, description of 1st item and artist, where applicable

C. Background, description of second item, where applicable

D. Similarities between the two items

E. Differences between the two items

Conclusion

A list of possible topics may be found here:

http://www.saumag.edu/art/online_course_resources/arthistory/art_history2/papertopics.html

Papers will be at least 15 pages in length, no more than 20. You will follow guidelines of the "Chicago Style" (footnotes, bibliography, etc. Here is a helpful link:

http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/chicagogd.html

You may have no more than one page of illustrations, preferably in color, which may count as one of the 15 pages. Your cover sheet and bibliography page DO NOT count as one of the 15 pages. Font size is to be no larger than 12 pts. in the Times or Times Roman typeface. Typing will be double-spaced. The first page is cover page. The cover page includes your title, your name, my name, and the date-nothing else. Your introduction should include exactly what your paper is going to about (topic sentence).   If your paper is not a comparison of two works of art based on your own observations, it WILL NOT BE GRADED!

              The last page is your works cited, or bibliography page. You will use a minimum of 6 separate sources. At least five of your sources must be hard copies (books, manuscripts, articles). The others may be electronic (internet). You may use more than six sources. Your final paper should be turned in bound in a clear plastic folder -- no staples.   You must cite all of your referenced material.   Any unacknowledged inclusions in your paper will be considered plagiarized.   By the same token, DO NOT ADD A FOOTNOTE OR CITATION TO EVERY SINGLE SENTENCE IN YOUR PAPER!   When you do this, you are not providing any of your original thinking, which is primarily what I am interested in.   Do not write more than a paragraph or two about the artist's biographical information, unless it has a direct influence on the appearance of the art.