Phrase guide

art historian

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: /aɹt hɪstˈɔɹi.ən/
  • General-American: [aɹʔ hɪstˈɔɹi.ən]
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An expert in art history.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a historian of art

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: historian, historiographer

Narrower terms: Panofsky, Erwin Panofsky, Vasari, Giorgio Vasari, Warburg, Aby Warburg, Aby Moritz Warburg, Winckelmann, Johann Winckelmann, Johann Joachim Winckelmann

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُؤَرِّخ الفَنّ (muʔarriḵ al-fann) — an expert in art history
  • Arabic: مُؤَرِّخة الفَنّ — an expert in art history
  • Armenian: արվեստի պատմաբան (arvesti patmaban) — an expert in art history
  • Basque: artearen historialari — an expert in art history
  • Belarusian: гісторык мастацтва (históryk mastactva) — an expert in art history
  • Bulgarian: историк на изкуството (istorik na izkustvoto) — an expert in art history
  • Catalan: historiador de l'art — an expert in art history
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藝術史學家 /艺术史学家 (yìshùshǐxuéjiā) — an expert in art history
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美術史學家 /美术史学家 (měishùshǐxuéjiā) — an expert in art history
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藝術史家 /艺术史家 (yìshùshǐjiā) — an expert in art history
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美術史家 /美术史家 (měishùshǐjiā) — an expert in art history
  • Czech: historik umění — an expert in art history
  • Czech: historička umění — an expert in art history
  • Danish: kunsthistoriker — an expert in art history
  • Dutch: kunsthistoricus — an expert in art history
  • Estonian: kunstiajaloolane — an expert in art history
  • Finnish: taidehistorioitsija — an expert in art history
  • French: historien de l'art — an expert in art history
  • French: historienne de l'art — an expert in art history
  • Galician: historiador da arte — an expert in art history
  • Georgian: ხელოვნების ისტორიკოსი (xelovnebis isṭoriḳosi) — an expert in art history
  • German: Kunsthistoriker — an expert in art history
  • German: Kunsthistorikerin — an expert in art history
  • Greek: ιστορικός τέχνης (istorikós téchnis) — an expert in art history
  • Hebrew: היסטוריון האמנות (historyon homanut) — an expert in art history
  • Hungarian: művészettörténész — an expert in art history
  • Italian: storico dell'arte — an expert in art history
  • Italian: storica dell'arte — an expert in art history
  • Japanese: 美術史家 (geijutsu shika) — an expert in art history
  • Korean: 미술사가 (misulsaga) — an expert in art history
  • Latvian: mākslas vēsturnieks — an expert in art history
  • Latvian: mākslas vēsturniece — an expert in art history
  • Lithuanian: meno istorikas — an expert in art history
  • Lithuanian: meno istorikė — an expert in art history
  • Macedonian: историчар на уметноста (istoričar na umetnosta) — an expert in art history
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kunsthistoriker — an expert in art history
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kunsthistorikar — an expert in art history
  • Polish: historyk sztuki — an expert in art history
  • Polish: historyczka stuki — an expert in art history
  • Portuguese: historiador de arte — an expert in art history
  • Portuguese: historiadora de arte — an expert in art history
  • Romanian: istoric de artă — an expert in art history
  • Romanian: istorică de artă — an expert in art history
  • Russian: историк искусства (istorik iskusstva) — an expert in art history
  • Serbo-Croatian: хисто̀рича̄р у̀мјетно̄сти — an expert in art history
  • Serbo-Croatian: хисто̀рича̄рка у̀мјетно̄сти — an expert in art history
  • Serbo-Croatian: històričār ùmjetnōsti — an expert in art history
  • Serbo-Croatian: històričārka ùmjetnōsti — an expert in art history
  • Slovak: historik umenia — an expert in art history
  • Slovak: historička umenia — an expert in art history
  • Slovene: zgodovinar umetnosti — an expert in art history
  • Slovene: zgodovinarka umetnosti — an expert in art history
  • Spanish: historiador del arte — an expert in art history
  • Spanish: historiadora del arte — an expert in art history
  • Swedish: konsthistoriker — an expert in art history
  • Thai: นักประวัติศาสตร์ศิลป์ (nák bprà-wàt-sàat-sĭn) — an expert in art history
  • Turkish: sanat tarihçisi — an expert in art history
  • Ukrainian: історик мистецтва (istoryk mystectva) — an expert in art history
  • Welsh: hanesydd celf — an expert in art history