I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I always enjoyed art history because, growing up in California, my exposure was limited, and it was a new experience. To learn the history of art opened up certain things to me, made me see. It intrigued me.
I'm not as much a history person as an art person, but I mean, you can read history through art.
I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history.
I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally.
I love art; I collect mostly modern art.
The more I've gotten interested in writing about history and making sense of myself within the continuum of history, the more I've turned to paintings, to art. I look to the imagery of art to help me understand something about my own place in the world.
I grew up going to museums. I was privileged to discover art and artists in a very personal way.
I spend much more time looking at art history and at different references to art than I do at actual objects.
My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in class, except in second grade when an artistic genius passed through our school!
Art history looks at art works and the people who have created them.
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