Part 1: Prescribed Topics

A minimum of three topics must be chosen for study from the following list of six prescribed topics:

1. The Kingdom of Benin c1500 – 1900 CE – focus: royal art

2. Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest – focus: visual arts

3. Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate (1603– 1868) – focus: woodblock prints

4. The European avant-garde 1880 – 1939 CE – focus: revolutions in art forms

5. Egypt: the Amarna period, its origins and heritage – focus: monumental and funerary art

6. India 500 – 1500 CE- focus: sculpture