Studies addressing works of art and architecture, in their original or current contexts, have been one of the big theoretical and methodological challenges for specialists and conservatives, but also to the general public that visits museums, exhibitions, historical sites and centers. Such challenges promote a complex understanding of social and cultural, visual and technical, anthropological and even philosophical values inherent in or assigned to the work of art, architecture, and preserved urban and rural contexts. Thus, this line of research prioritizes studies of works and collections, the artistic literature and the critic and esthetic production, built spaces and historical sites, aiming at a complex approach in the understanding of the most different social, cultural and artistic values of the Arts, their protagonists and institutions.  It also contemplates the intellectual history in the production of Brazilian and international art historiography and criticism, and it counts on important reference collections available at Unicamp, like the special collection “Cicognara Library”, Alexandre Eulálio collection and the bibliographic collections of Unicamp’s Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences.