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art-historical

art-historical adjective: of or pertaining to art history.

Adjective

art-historical (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to art history
    • An art-historical interpretation states what an artwork was about for the artist who made it, for contemporary viewers who saw it, and within the context of the culture in which it was produced.1993, Stephen Addiss, Mary Erickson, Art history and education, page 127

Questions about art-historical

What does art-historical mean?
Art-historical means of or pertaining to art history.
What part of speech is art-historical?
Art-historical is an adjective.

Words near art-historical in the dictionary

  1. art unions
  2. art up
  3. art work
  4. art world
  5. art worlds
  6. art-historical
  7. art-house
  8. art-houses
  9. art-washing
  10. art.
  11. Art.D.

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