Meanings
adjectiveart-historical (not comparable)
- not comparableOf 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
Translations
Danish kunsthistorisk
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Finnish taidehistoriallinen
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Italian storicoartistico
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Swedish konsthistorisk
- konsthistoriskTranslations
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