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The Art Bulletin (the-art-bulletin)
Journal positioning
The Art Bulletin is the College Art Association's flagship scholarly journal and the leading generalist venue for art history across all periods, media, and world regions — from antiquity to the contemporary, painting to architecture to material and visual culture. Its defining expectation is a substantial, original scholarly argument whose significance reaches beyond the single object or local specialty: work that art historians in other fields will find consequential, grounded in close visual and material analysis and full command of primary sources. A descriptive object study, a connoisseurial note, or an attribution claim with no larger art-historical stake is a poor fit here, however sound. This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing aid. It does not replace the journal's current submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live Art Bulletin / CAA author instructions and style guide.