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artbull-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether an art-history project fits The Art Bulletin and how to frame its contribution. The Art Bulletin is the discipline's leading generalist journal across all periods and regions, so the test is a significant art-historical contribution, not a local description. Helps frame the question; it does not do the research.
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# Topic Selection & Fit (artbull-topic-selection)
The Art Bulletin publishes "leading scholarship in the English language in **all aspects of art
history**" — every period, every region, every method from the historical to the theoretical. The
bar is not "this object has not been written about" — it is **"this changes how we understand the
art."** Use this skill to pressure-test fit before you invest in research and image clearance.
## When to trigger
- Choosing among possible projects or framings for an Art Bulletin article
- A colleague said the piece feels "descriptive," "narrow," or "like a catalogue entry"
- Deciding whether the contribution is big enough for the discipline's flagship
- Sanity-checking that the necessary images can plausibly be reproduced (see `artbull-images-and-permissions`)
