Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Activities Facet
3. Disciplines (hierarchy name)
4. disciplines (concept)
5. humanities
6. [arts and related disciplines]
7. arts-related disciplines

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Activities Facet
3. Disciplines
4. disciplines
5. social sciences
6. history and related disciplines
7. history

Narrower term/s

• technical art history

Anotations

Scope note:

Study of the visual arts within a historical framework, from from prehistory to the present, including stylistic development, use of art in communication and decoration, and the aesthetic and intellectual value of art. It first became a dedicated field of study in the 19th century Western world.