Art historian

/aɹt hɪstˈɔɹi.ən/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    a historian of art wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
art curatorart history professorart movementistart scholarhistory of art expertmuseum historian

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"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."

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