title: Why is the lambda expression necessary in DisplayNameFor()?
body: <p>For the example code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;th&gt;@Html.DisplayNameFor(model =&gt; model.Artist.Name)&lt;/th&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why is the lambda expression necessary at all? Why can't it just be</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;th&gt;@Html.DisplayNameFor(model.Artist.Name)&lt;/th&gt;
  </code></pre>