Briefly define art history as an academic field based on your understanding of the readings in the textbook Introduction.

Briefly define art history as an academic field based on your understanding of
the readings in the textbook Introduction. Next, discuss two of the natural and
human threats to artworks that concern contemporary art historians. Provide
specific examples of threats, the artworks involved, and how these threats
affect the interpretation of the works by art historians. Your discussion should
be based on the information in the textbook Introduction and throughout the
textbook and lecture readings of the first four (4) lessons.