nevermind

surprisingly, there isn't a lot of academic writing about the history of sandcastles. the only thing i could find is that egyptians probably made sand models of the pyramids before they built the real thing. hardly enough to write a paper about, however. the history of snowmen was also rather difficult to find. they've been around since the middle ages, according to some sources.



so i guess i won't be doing my paper concerning the history of these two things, which is kind of unfortunate, as this was the part that interested me the most. i think i'll probably focus more on the andy goldsworthy type of ephemeral art. i read about this environmental art, and they have a museum organization thing all about it, which was useful. i also found a website full of links to articles from art journals and such, specific to environmental art. i feel like i've made some progress. if i include any history, it will be the history of this environmental art movement. i'll also focus on the goals of the movement, and probably talk about the major contributors.