Montgomery College – Germantown Art Department
Research Paper or Art Project: Do an art-related project. The project may involve writing a conventional research paper (3-5 pages) on an artist, artistic media, or art-related issue.
Create a work of art. Whatever its form, the project must contain a written component.
Select a topic of personal interest with the approval of the professor.
The following list includes topics suggested for being highly relevant to the visual arts, but also relate strongly to other fields.
Research into any of these areas will yield interesting insights into the role artistic concepts play in diverse aspects of contemporary culture.
Tensegrity – art, engineering, medicine
Cantilever – engineering, architecture, anatomy
Color – physics, impressionism, Eugene Chevreul
Psychology – Surrealism, Automatism, Psychoanalysis
Psychology – Art Therapy
Quantitative Science – Brunelleschi (perspective), Galileo
Landscape Design – earth art, site-specific art
Chemistry Photography
Chemistry paint and pigments
Photography – journalism
Photography – scientific research
Economics – the art market
Economics – public art commission, arts funding
Design – product design
Design – money, coins
Education – arts in early education
Education – drawing for medical students
Navigation – Sight measuring
Isomorphism – linear perspective, computer coding
Morality – censorship, religion
Politics – editorial cartoons, propaganda
Mathematical Art – tessellation, etc.
Law – artist’s rights, copyright, freedom of speech
A.I. computer creativity?
A.I. caricature – face recognition programs
