What do you call a person who studies the arts?

It depends on what “study the arts” mean…. If a person studies the arts to create art, that person is an artist, and more specifically, a painter, sculptor, writer, musician, and so on. If a person studies the history of art, then art historian. If a person studies and writes about art, then art critic. read more

If a person studies the arts to create art, that person is an artist, and more specifically, a painter, sculptor, writer, musician, and so on. If a person studies the history of art, then art historian. read more

A person who studies art in the most broad sense is an aesthetician. The study of the principles and definition of art is the field of aesthetics. Sometimes, this word is used to include the study of all sensory experience, as derived from nature as well as art. read more