History of Art: The Western Tradition

Horst Woldemar Janson, Anthony F. Janson

Prentice Hall Professional, 2004 - Art - 1031 pages

For forty years, this widely acclaimed classic has remained unsurpassed as an introduction to art in the Western world, boasting the matchless credibility of the Janson name. This newest update features a more contemporary, more colorful design and vast array of extraordinarily produced illustrations that have become the Janson hallmark.

A narrative voice makes this book a truly enjoyable read, and carefully reviewed and revised updates to this edition offer the utmost clarity in contributions based on recent scholarship. Extensive captions for the book’s incredible art program offer profound insight through the eyes of twentieth-century art historians speaking about specific pieces of art featured throughout.

Significantly changed in this edition is the chapter on “The Late Renaissance,” in which Janson offers a new perspective on the subject, tracing in detail the religious art tied to the Catholic Reform movement, whose early history is little known to many readers of art history. Janson has also rearranged early Renaissance art according to genres instead of time sequence, and he has followed the reinterpretation of Etruscan art begun in recent years by German and English art historians.

With a truly humanist approach, this book gives written and visual meaning to the captivating story of what artists have tried to express—and why—for more than 30,000 years.

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Contents

• CHAPTER FOURTEEN: 1
• The Ancient World 32: 11
• CHAPTER: 11
• CHAPTER THREE: 3-5
• CHAPTER FOUR: 3-29
• CHAPTER FIVE: 3-43
• The Late Renaissance in Italy 486: 5-41
• CHAPTER: 5-59
• PRIMARY SOURCES FOR PART ONE 210: 20
• PART: 8-10
• CHAPTER NINE: 9-5
• CHAPTER: 9-27
• CHAPTER ELEVEN: 11-21
• PRIMARY SOURCES FOR PART TWO 384: 11-83
• TIMELINE TWO 396: 12-7
• PART THREE: 12-14
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN: 12-58
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN: 42
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN: 42
• Music and Theater in the Northern Renaissance 547: 16-18
• CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: 16-57
• CHAPTER NINETEEN: 16-62
• CHAPTER TWENTY: 16-62
• PRIMARY SOURCES FOR PART THREE 644: 16-62
• TIMELINE THREE 658: 67
• CHAPTER TWENTYONE: 21-1
• CHAPTER TWENTYTWO: 21-81
• CHAPTER TWENTYTHREE: 22-35
• SCULPTURE 786: 22-44
• CHAPTER TWENTYFOUR: 24-5
• CHAPTER TWENTYFIVE: 24-68
• CHAPTER TWENTYSIX: 24-68
• CHAPTER TWENTYSEVEN: 24-68
• CHAPTER TWENTYEIGHT: 24-68
• PRIMARY SOURCES FOR PART FOUR 962: 24-68
• TIMELINE FOUR 980: 24-68
• BOOKS FOR FURTHER READING 986: 43
• DISCOGRAPHY 995: 52
• ART AND ARCHITECTURE WEBSITES 1003: 60

About the author

Anthony F. Janson has forged a distinguished career as an author, museum professional, and teacher. He has written books, catalogs, and articles on a wide range of subjects from the Renaissance to the present day. He served as Chief Curator at the Indianapolis Museum of Art; the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota; and the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. He has taught at three universities, most recently at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Dr. Janson took over authorship of History of Artand History of Art for Young Peopleupon the death of his father, H. W. Janson, in 1982.

Bibliographic information

• Title: History of Art: The Western Tradition
• Authors: Horst Woldemar Janson, Anthony F. Janson
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional, 2004
• ISBN: 0131828959, 9780131828957
• Length: 1031 pages
• Subjects: Art / General