"As a historian, I understood from the beginning that you cannot present the course of history without delving deeper into understanding the epoch, its people, their ideals, and without fully respecting them." An Interview with Gheorghe Mândrescu

Abstract

In the new format of the Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai. Historia Artium journal, the editors wish to provide a section dedicated to interviews with prominent representatives of our craft. It is aimed, on the one hand, to evoke the characteristics and evolution of the institutional framework in which art historians have operated, from museums to the various methods of training spe­cialists in these institutions, and on the other hand, to underline the professional achievements and research interests of those interviewed. By evoking the more or less recent history of our specialization, we aim to reflect at the same time on the current challenges of Art History, in the hope that presenting phenomena and issues faced by previous generations provides not only information related to the institutional or historiographical evolution of the discipline itself, but may also help younger generations in finding solutions to professional problems they are currently facing or will face in the future.