Art history, being concerned with identifying, classifying, describing, evaluating, interpreting, and understanding historic development of the fields of painting, architecture, arts, drawing, photography, interior design, etc. Art historical research has two primary concerns.

1. To discover who made a particular art object.
2. To authenticate an art object, determining whether it was indeed made by the artist to whom it is traditionally attributed,
3. To determine at what stage in a culture’s development or in an artist’s career the object in question was made,
4. To assay the influence of one artist on succeeding ones in the historical past,
5. To gather biographical data on artists and documentation on the previous whereabouts and ownership of particular works of art. The second primary concern of art historical research is to understand the stylistic and formal development of artistic traditions on a large scale and within a broad historical perspective;

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of historical styles and movements related to design
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of key historical and theoretical issues that have influenced design Write your essay along the given lines