### history:

Art history
* Art History is allied to the liberal arts
  - interdisciplinary
  - the study of art in relation to the time in which it was produced
  - operates as a portal to the past and as a reflection of our present
  - provides knowledge and understanding of the past, and through it, of the present
* combines the study of art with the study of culture.
* enriches the life of the practicing artist.
* humanities field that studies the history of art, artifacts and architecture.
* investigates the historical context for art works, artists, and styles of art.
* involves the study of ways the visual arts reflect and shape the world's cultures.
* is arts
  - integrated through the study of artists and movements
  - one of the content strands of art
* is taught at secondary schools and universities and colleges, as are media studies
  - through direct observation of original works and historic sites
  - treated as an interdisciplinary subject and as a branch of history
* provides the historical context in which all artistic achievement is considered.

Biography
* Biographies Find biographies of famous people
  - analyze and interpret the events in a person's life
* Biographies are books
  - information resources about the lives of people
  - located in libraries
  - can show children how subjects handled the pressure of peers and society
  - detail important events, successes, and milestones of a life
  - provide information about a person's life and works
* is history

Case history
* Case histories are stories which portray the events in the life of a living being, generally human.
* is history.

### history | case history:

Medical record
* Some medical records contain the personal information of more than one individual.
* are an important measure of the quality of care received by a patient
  - legal documents
  - located in doctors
  - often the only source of truth
  - one of the most important facets of a practice
  - privileged communication and strict policies protect confidentiality
  - sensitive information
* are the first thing a doctor turns to when a new patient is admitted for treatment
  - life history of the sick, the unfortunate, the desperate
* are, by law, confidential documents.
* can be important evidence in criminal or civil court cases
  - in court cases
* is case history
* show that pensioners require more health treatments than other age-groups
  - women are more likely to die from heart disease

Church history
* Church History is the important history of the world.
* is, in part then, a history of people in conflict with the primary rule of Scripture.
* records a rich legacy of method, and of the experience of prayer.

Cultural history
* abounds in the remnants of sawmills and past human cultures.
* is the history of meanings.

### history:

Economic history
* has no record of countries or regions that experience uninterrupted growth.
* is about paying attention to institutions
  - both the seed bed for economic theories and their testing ground
  - economic theory's laboratory
  - the study of how real-world economies have changed over time
* shows that competition provides better goods and services at much lower costs
  - it is possible for countries to develop rapidly and for others slowly
* teaches that events of the distant past continue to shape our lives today.

Evolutionary history
* is interpreted as the genesis of natural value.
* requires knowledge of the mechanisms of both generation and selection.