art historian

/ɑrt hɪˌstɔriən/
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Definitions of art historian
  1. noun
    a historian of art
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    Erwin Panofsky
    art historian (1892-1968)
    Giorgio Vasari
    Italian painter and art historian (1511-1574)
    Aby Moritz Warburg
    German art historian (1866-1929)
    Johann Joachim Winckelmann
    German archaeologist and art historian said to be the father of archaeology (1717-1768)
    type of:
    historian, historiographer
    a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
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