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The history of art refers to the history of the visual arts including painting, sculpture and architecture. Considered encyclopedically, the history of art is an attempt to survey art throughout human history, classifying cultures and periods by their distinguishing features. This is undertaken by people and institutions with diverging goals, but whose efforts interrelate, including: academic art historians, museum curators, auction house personnel, private collectors, and religious adherents. Given these agendas, it is unsurprising that there are many ways of structuring a history of art, as
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Even the most insignificant details acquire, under Giotto's brush, a poignant human interest.
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But there were many flowers in the garden from which to choose, and Vincent chose irises.
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― Irises: Vincent van Gogh in the Garden
― Irises: Vincent van Gogh in the Garden
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