作为学术概念的“艺术史”有广义和狭义之分。广义指视觉艺术研究,至少覆盖四大领域:艺术哲学(美学与艺术理论)、艺术历史(艺术的发展)、艺术批评、艺术实践。显然,狭义的艺术史是广义的四者之一,专指艺术的发展,涉及艺术运动、流派、艺术家和作品研究之类,也与艺术批评相关。作为高教学科的艺术史是广义的,但狭义的内容却是其潜在主导。为了兼顾二者,前些年国内有艺术院校以“艺术学 As an academic concept, ”art history" is divided into broad and narrow sense. Broad refers to the visual arts research, covering at least four areas: philosophy of art (aesthetics and art theory), art history (art development), art criticism, art practice. Obviously, narrow art history is one of the four broad generalizations, which refers specifically to the development of art, involving art movements, genres, artists and works of art, as well as artistic criticism. Art history as a subject of higher education is generalized, but narrowly defined content is its potential dominance. In order to take both of them into consideration, a few years ago art schools in the country have been teaching art