From left to right. Top Row: Adolf Furtwängler, Linda Nochlin, Gylbert Coker, David Driskell; Bottom Row: Petrine Archer-Straw, Franz Kugler, Michael Camille, Gisela M. A. Richter. WHO IS AN ART HISTORIAN? The definition of who an art historian is–what constitutes an art historian–differs within time, race, gender and the history of art itself. Typically the Dictionary defines an art historian as