Before revision: upright=1.3|Thomas Cole, The Architect's Dream, 1840: an example of Historicism Historicism is an approach to explaining the existence of phenomena, especially social and cultural practices (including ideas and beliefs), by studying their history; that is, by studying the process by which they came about.
After revision: upright=1.3|Thomas Cole, The Architect's Dream, 1840: an example of Historicism Historicism is an approach to explaining the existence of phenomena, especially social and cultural practices (including ideas and beliefs), by studying the process or history by which they came about.