This guide is designed to accompany Art History 100 (Winter 2023), and provides suggestions on finding information on possible essay topics.
The course is currently taught by Geoffrey Carr and Aleksandra Idzior.
For more information and tips, see also the Visual Arts and Art History LibGuide.
Prints and Printmaking : an introduction to the history and techniques by 
The Allied Arts : architecture and craft in postwar Canada by 
The Art of Not Making : The New Artist/Artisan Relationship by 
Crafting Creativity and Creating Craft by 
Craft Perception and Practice : a Canadian discourse by 
The Invention of Craft by 
Art and Love in Renaissance Italy by 
Art and Queer Culture by 
Feminist Art and the Maternal by 
Homosexuality in Art by 
Reconciling Art and Mothering by 
Art and Death by 
Art of the Eternal by Images of Man and Death by 
Memorial Mania : Public Feeling in America by 
Monuments and Site-specific Sculpture in Urban and Rural Space
Representing Renaissance Art, C. 1500-C. 1600 by 
Totalitarian Art and Modernity by 
Fascist Visions : art and ideology in France and Italy by 
Art and Politics in China, 1949-1984 by 
Artists for the Reich : culture and race from Weimar to Nazi Germany by 
TOTalitarian ARTs : The Visual Arts, Fascism(s) and Mass Society by Below are some possible subject headings related to your assignment topics.
Chapter 3 - Material Matters
Photography - History - 19th Century
Chapter 5 - Challenges to the Art/Craft Divide
Chapter 6 - Art, Sexuality, and Human Reproduction
Chapter 8 - The Art of Memory
Chapter 9 - Art in the Service of Oppression
Chapter 10 - Testing the Limits of Artistic Social Protest
Chapter 11 - The Body as Subject and Medium
Chapter 12 - Art and Identity Politics
Indian Art - Northwest Coast of North America
Chapter 15 - The Role of Museums in Society
First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law : case studies, voices, and perspectives by 
Indigenous Repatriation Handbook by 
Liberating Culture : cross-cultural perspectives on museums, curation, and heritage by 
Museum Pieces : toward the indigenization of Canadian museums by 
Museums, Heritage and Indigenous Voice : decolonising engagement by 
Art and Politics : Between Purity and Propaganda by 
Art As Revolt : thinking politics through immanent aesthetics by 
Art in the Age of Terrorism by 
The Art of Protest by 
Global Activism : art and conflict in the 21st century by 
Living as Form : socially engaged art from 1991-2011 by 
A People's Art History of the United States : : 250 years of activist art and artists working in social justice movements by 
Auto Focus : the self-portrait in contemporary photography by 
The Body as Medium and Metaphor by 
Covered in Ink Tattoos, Women and the Politics of the Body by 
Customizing the Body : the art and culture of tattooing by 
Mirror Mirror : self-portraits by women artists by 
Routledge Handbook of Body Studies by 
Challenging Traditions : contemporary First Nations art of the Northwest Coast by 
Desire Change : contemporary feminist art in Canada by 
Gendered : art and feminist theory by 
Globalization and Contemporary Art by 
Native Art of the Northwest Coast : a history of changing ideas by 
Wack! : art and the feminist revolution by This guide was prepared by Patti Wilson and is maintained by Brenda Philip, liaison librarian for Art History and Visual Arts.
