art historical

adjective

: of or relating to the history of art

art historically adverb

Examples of art historical in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Several other art historical celebrities make cameos in the book: the painters Edouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Frédéric Bazille, and Paul Cézanne; the legendary dealer Paul Durand-Ruel; the novelist and art critic Emile Zola. —

Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 6 Sep. 2024 There are plenty of art historical references here, as Black Cube points out in its supporting literature. —

Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2024 Small’s telling contains engaging anecdotes and the occasional digression to art historical antecedents—the evolution of photography and Donald Judd settling in Marfa—that provide obvious cultural references to anchor readers in this emergent technology. —

Charlotte Kent, ARTnews.com, 13 June 2024 Their work, however, was overlooked for many years by an art historical establishment which certainly was misogynistic. —

Cath Pound, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for art historical

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Word History

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of art historical was in 1854

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“Art historical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/art%20historical. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.

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