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Art history is the study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts; that is genre, design, format, and style. The study includes painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, furniture, and other decorative objects. As a term, art history (its product being history of art) encompasses several methods of studying the visual arts; in common usage referring to works of art and architecture. | Art history is the study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts; that is genre, design, format, and style. The study includes painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, furniture, and other decorative objects. As a term, art history (its product being history of art) encompasses several methods of studying the visual arts; in common usage referring to works of art and architecture. | ||
=====A Brief History of Art===== | |||
[https://www.theodysseyonline.com/history-art by Benjamin McCrimmon 15/5/17 odyssey] | |||
Generally, the era of Late Antiquity represented a transition from classical modes of artistic style to a more medieval artistic style. However, the basic philosophy of art, as it were, stayed static. By the year 300 c.e., most Christians had accepted sculptures (which they had originally been suspicious of, because of their use in Pagan worship. With this, of course, came the greek idealistic realism which characterized the Hellenic Aesthetic. However, if one examines sarcaphogi from this time, one notices an explicit “dogmatization” of artwork therein. | |||
