art historical

or art-his·tori·cal

adjective

1. of or relating to the history of art or to its study:

   art historical documents on 16th-century painting.

Word History and Origins

Origin of art historical¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

“Unlike Turkey or Egypt, we have no art-historical tradition,” he told The Telegraph in 2002.

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I'm not sure that artist-chosen shows are of that much curatorial or art-historical use, and anyway they've become a cliche.

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It helps demonstrate how much the standard art-historical narratives cut out of the real story of art.

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