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art history

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of the history of the visual arts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

the academic discipline that studies the development of painting and sculpture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts

Narrower terms: iconology

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 藝術史 /艺术史 (yìshùshǐ) — study of the history of the visual arts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美術史 /美术史 (měishùshǐ) — study of the history of the visual arts
  • Czech: kunsthistorie — study of the history of the visual arts
  • Danish: kunsthistorie — study of the history of the visual arts
  • Dutch: kunstgeschiedenis — study of the history of the visual arts
  • Finnish: taidehistoria — study of the history of the visual arts
  • French: histoire de l'art — study of the history of the visual arts
  • Georgian: ხელოვნების ისტორია (xelovnebis isṭoria) — study of the history of the visual arts
  • German: Kunstgeschichte — study of the history of the visual arts
  • Greek: ιστορία της τέχνης (istoría tis téchnis) — study of the history of the visual arts
  • Hungarian: művészettörténet — study of the history of the visual arts
  • Icelandic: listasaga — study of the history of the visual arts
  • Italian: storia dell'arte — study of the history of the visual arts
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kunsthistorie — study of the history of the visual arts
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kunsthistorie — study of the history of the visual arts
  • Polish: historia sztuki — study of the history of the visual arts
  • Portuguese: história da arte — study of the history of the visual arts
  • Russian: исто́рия иску́сства (istórija iskússtva) — study of the history of the visual arts
  • Swedish: konsthistoria — study of the history of the visual arts
  • Ukrainian: істо́рія мисте́цтва (istórija mystéctva) — study of the history of the visual arts
  • Ukrainian: мистецтвозна́вство (mystectvoznávstvo) — study of the history of the visual arts