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art historical
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adjective
of or relating to the history of art or to its study: art historical documents on 16th-century painting.
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Origin of art historical
First recorded in 1930–35
Words nearby art historical
art film, art for art's sake, art form, artful, art glass, art historical, art house, arthr-, arthralgia, arthrectomy, arthritic
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How to use art historical in a sentence
“Unlike Turkey or Egypt, we have no art-historical tradition,” he told The Telegraph in 2002.
The Mysterious Death of the Art World’s Favorite Sheikh|Lizzie Crocker|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEASTI'm not sure that artist-chosen shows are of that much curatorial or art-historical use, and anyway they've become a cliche.
It helps demonstrate how much the standard art-historical narratives cut out of the real story of art.