Meanings
nounart historian (plural art historians)
plural art historians
- An expert in art history.
When Cunk critiques “What the fuck is this?” while standing in front of an art historian and Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s Triumph of Death, she might as well be a TikTok user complaining about the “point” of contemporary art.
2025 January 3, Christina Izzo, “Cunk On Life is brilliantly funny (and depressingly timely)”, in AV Club
Translations
Arabic مُؤَرِّخ الفَنّ, مُؤَرِّخة الفَنّ
- مُؤَرِّخ الفَنّ (muʔarriḵ al-fann)an expert in art history
- مُؤَرِّخة الفَنّan expert in art history
Basque artearen historialari
- artearen historialarian expert in art history
Bulgarian историк на изкуството
- историк на изкуството (istorik na izkustvoto)an expert in art history
Catalan historiador de l'art
- historiador de l'artan expert in art history
Chinese Mandarin 藝術史學家 /艺术史学家, 美術史學家 /美术史学家
- 藝術史學家 /艺术史学家 (yìshùshǐxuéjiā)an expert in art history
- 美術史學家 /美术史学家 (měishùshǐxuéjiā)an expert in art history
- 藝術史家 /艺术史家 (yìshùshǐjiā)an expert in art history
- 美術史家 /美术史家 (měishùshǐjiā)an expert in art history
Czech historik umění, historička umění
- historik uměnían expert in art history
- historička uměnían expert in art history
Danish kunsthistoriker
- kunsthistorikeran expert in art history
Dutch kunsthistoricus
- kunsthistoricusan expert in art history
Estonian kunstiajaloolane
- kunstiajaloolanean expert in art history
Finnish taidehistorioitsija
- taidehistorioitsijaan expert in art history
French historien de l'art, historienne de l'art
- historien de l'artan expert in art history
- historienne de l'artan expert in art history
German Kunsthistoriker, Kunsthistorikerin
- Kunsthistorikeran expert in art history
- Kunsthistorikerinan expert in art history
Greek ιστορικός τέχνης
- ιστορικός τέχνης (istorikós téchnis)an expert in art history
Hebrew היסטוריון האמנות
- היסטוריון האמנות (historyon homanut)an expert in art history
Hungarian művészettörténész
- művészettörténészan expert in art history
Italian storico dell'arte, storica dell'arte
- storico dell'artean expert in art history
- storica dell'artean expert in art history
Japanese 美術史家
- 美術史家 (geijutsu shika)an expert in art history
Korean 미술사가
- 미술사가 (misulsaga)an expert in art history
Latvian mākslas vēsturnieks, mākslas vēsturniece
- mākslas vēsturnieksan expert in art history
- mākslas vēsturniecean expert in art history
Lithuanian meno istorikas, meno istorikė
- meno istorikasan expert in art history
- meno istorikėan expert in art history
Norwegian Bokmål kunsthistoriker
- kunsthistorikeran expert in art history
Polish historyk sztuki, historyczka stuki
- historyk sztukian expert in art history
- historyczka stukian expert in art history
Portuguese historiador de arte, historiadora de arte
- historiador de artean expert in art history
- historiadora de artean expert in art history
Romanian istoric de artă, istorică de artă
- istoric de artăan expert in art history
- istorică de artăan expert in art history
Russian историк искусства
- историк искусства (istorik iskusstva)an expert in art history
Slovak historik umenia, historička umenia
- historik umeniaan expert in art history
- historička umeniaan expert in art history
Spanish historiador del arte, historiadora del arte
- historiador del artean expert in art history
- historiadora del artean expert in art history
Swedish konsthistoriker
- konsthistorikeran expert in art history
Thai นักประวัติศาสตร์ศิลป์
- นักประวัติศาสตร์ศิลป์ (nák bprà-wàt-sàat-sĭn)an expert in art history
Turkish sanat tarihçisi
- sanat tarihçisian expert in art history
Ukrainian історик мистецтва
- історик мистецтва (istoryk mystectva)an expert in art history
Welsh hanesydd celf
- hanesydd celfan expert in art history
Cite this entry
APA
art historian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/art%20historian
MLA
“art historian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/art%20historian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “art historian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/art%20historian.
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