art historical
adjective
: of or relating to the history of art
art historically adverb
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Those images, airy black-and-white portraits of friends in wigs that nod to Renaissance-era silhouettes, show the artist's longtime predilection for pictures saturated with rich art historical references. 
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022 From Bourriaud’s perspective, the sublime is not only important as a curatorial framework or an art historical theme. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 24 July 2022 The work is meant to prompt institutions and art audiences to research and reconsider art historical objects, artifacts — and history in general — in new context. Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022 These shows focus on a constellation of art works that resonate with themes of the show—like metamorphosis or the idea of the cyborg or the idea of the body as a vessel—but not necessarily from an art historical perspective. Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2022 Traditional collectors are often drawn to provenance and pedigree, so a sale focused on the lineage of computer art might help convince them that NFT artists have a stronger art historical foundation beyond the beep and boop of internet forums. New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022 But that is why she was rejected by the art historical canon. Grace Edquist, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2022 The work in this book, in particular, is very much in dialogue with painting and art historical conventions surrounding both portraiture and still life images. Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2022 Yet today, the standard art historical line on the sculptor Marisol Escobar, known simply as Marisol, is that she has been largely forgotten in favor of white male contemporaries, including Andy Warhol. Steven Litt, cleveland, 16 Jan. 2022 See More
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022 From Bourriaud’s perspective, the sublime is not only important as a curatorial framework or an art historical theme. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 24 July 2022 The work is meant to prompt institutions and art audiences to research and reconsider art historical objects, artifacts — and history in general — in new context. Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022 These shows focus on a constellation of art works that resonate with themes of the show—like metamorphosis or the idea of the cyborg or the idea of the body as a vessel—but not necessarily from an art historical perspective. Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2022 Traditional collectors are often drawn to provenance and pedigree, so a sale focused on the lineage of computer art might help convince them that NFT artists have a stronger art historical foundation beyond the beep and boop of internet forums. New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022 But that is why she was rejected by the art historical canon. Grace Edquist, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2022 The work in this book, in particular, is very much in dialogue with painting and art historical conventions surrounding both portraiture and still life images. Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2022 Yet today, the standard art historical line on the sculptor Marisol Escobar, known simply as Marisol, is that she has been largely forgotten in favor of white male contemporaries, including Andy Warhol. Steven Litt, cleveland, 16 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1854, in the meaning defined above