It provided him with a psychological framework for answering the old art-historical puzzle of why art in some cultures stays the same while in others it changes.
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"We remade the collection along art-historical lines, " says Bettina Paust, Schloss Moyland's artistic director.
The glossy catalogue lists the provenance of each lot and provides a mass of art-historical detail.
While one puts the exhibits in their art-historical context, the other explains the social and wider significance.
His career falls into some fairly neat art-historical patterns, and the exhibition is, in this respect, a model of clarity.
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Art-historical references to such abstract painters as Franz Kline, Kasimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian and Mark Rothko pass through the stage pictures.
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But there is one ultra-sensitive spot where Georgia's masters political and religious are defying art-historical fashion, and are hence on a collision course with UNESCO.
"Turner Inspired in the Light of Claude" at the National Gallery is a specialist art-historical show though you'd never know it from the crowds there on a weekday afternoon.
"Over the course of many years, during the most difficult historical times, the art of Van Cliburn brought together people from different countries, different continents and united them, " Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a statement that was read during the service.
Fascinated by the lives and personalities of others and fond of art-world gossip, Golding possessed emotional intuition that enriched not only his intimate relationships but his art-historical writing, where artists are presented as individuals with temperaments that profoundly influenced the tenor of their work.
Second, the new installation of the collection, carried out by the French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, makes a point of interspersing art works with historical artifacts.
He had to memorize about 200 pieces of classical art and explain their historical significance.
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She says the 250 works of art are an important historical document for everyone, not just blacks.
As with any work of art coming from any historical period there is a legal owner, be it the Greek government or the British public.
China restricts the trade of art and other prized historical items, banning the export of what the government labels as "cultural relics, " and places heavy import taxes on collectors who bring art to the country.
Billed as part travel guide and part cultural, historical reference, it explores history, art and architecture, furniture and antiques, cooking, immigration, and English words of Dutch origin.
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In the late 19th century, Impressionist painters challenged the status quo by creating pieces void of historical significance or realism, emphasizing that art need not be practical.
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Taazyeh is a ritual dramatic art that recounts religious events, historical and mythical stories and folk tales.
It has made great art available to the masses and made historical treasures available to future generations.
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The park also contains more than 30 important historical or archaeological sites, ranging from Stone Age cave art to Hellenistic and late Roman settlements where valuable decorative pieces such as coins, ceramics and statues have been discovered.
On a recent day, hard-hat construction workers were inspecting the Art Deco and Belle Epoque buildings, which are classified as historical monuments.
Although the hotel is new, antiques, art and touches like teakwood floors and private plunge pools give it a historical feel.
Professor Declan McGonagle, Director of the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, said the project was an "exciting response to the rich historical environment of Derry".
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