Princess Akiko to visit Sweden, Estonia +
August 01, 2011
a researcher in Japanese art history at Ritsumeikan University's Kinugasa Research Organization, the Imperial Household Agency said Tuesday. The 29-year-old princess will...
Kyodo news summary - 3- +
September 05, 2011
TOKYO - Princess Akiko, the eldest daughter of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, will visit Sweden and Estonia from Aug. 20 as a researcher in Japanese art history at Ritsumeikan...
Foreign investors donate artwork to Russia
April 06, 2011
This is a story about a passionate love affair, a landmark in art history and the reality of doing business in President Vladimir Putin's Russia -- all contained in a simple...
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Art history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style. This includes the "major" arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture as well as the "minor" arts of ceramics, furniture, and other decorative objects. As a term, art history encompasses several methods of studying the visual arts; in common usage referring to works of art and architecture. Aspects of the discipline overlap. As the art historian Ernst Gombrich once observed, "the field of art history [is is] much like...
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