Are History Of Art and Art History different things?
history of art refers history of visual arts, such painting, sculpture , architecture. term encompasses theory of visual arts. not taken or intended refer performing arts or literary arts. history of art attempts objective survey of art throughout human history, classifying cultures , periods , noting distinguishing features , influences.
field of "art history" developed in west, , dealt exclusively western painting, , western art history, high renaissance (and greek precedent) defining standard. gradually, onset of modernism, wider vision of history has developed, seeking place other societies in global overview analyzing artifacts in terms of own cultural values. thus, subject seen encompass visual art, megaliths of western europe paintings of tang dynasty in china.
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