H. W. Janson (1913–1982)
Author of A History of Art
About the Author
Horst Waldemar Janson was born on October 4, 1913 in St. Petersburg, Russia. He studied at the University of Munich and the University of Hamburg. He came to the U.S. and finished his Ph. D at Harvard University in 1942. He is a scholar of art history known for his book History of Art which was show more published in 1962. He taught at Worcester Art Museum and the University of Iowa. He authored two award winning books Apes and the Ape Lore in the Middle Ages and The Renaissance and Sculpture of Donatello. He died on September 30, 1982. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by H. W. Janson
The Romantics to Rodin: French Nineteenth-Century Sculpture from North American Collections (1980) — Editor — 98 copies
Art Notes to Accompany History of Art, the Western Tradition, Revised 6th, Sixth Edition, Volume II (2004) 4 copies
Suuri Taidehistoria Maalaustaide, kuvanveisto ja arkkitehtuuri historian aamunkoitosta nykypäivään 2 copies
Karl Zerbe 2 copies
Worcester art museum annual — Author — 1 copy
Form follows function - or does it? : Modernist design theories and the history of art (1984) 1 copy
The Story of Painting for Young People. From cave painting to modern times. [With reproductions.] 1 copy
A History of Cold 1 copy
Historia Del Arte - Panorama De Las Artes Plásticas Desde la Prehistoria a Nuestros Días Volumen I (1972) 1 copy
An iconographic index to Stanislas Lami's Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l'Ecole française au dix-neuvième siècle (1983) 1 copy
Mystery of Art (??) 1 copy
Associated Works
Tomb Sculpture: Four Lectures on Its Changing Aspects from Ancient Egypt to Bernini (1964) — Editor, some editions — 54 copies
Medieval and Renaissance Studies: Proceedings of the Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies Summer… (1971) — Contributor — 4 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Janson, Horst Waldemar
- Other names
- Янсон, Хорст Вольдемар
known as "Peter" - Birthdate
- 1913-10-04
- Date of death
- 1982-09-30
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Russian Empire (birth)
Germany
USA (naturalized 1943) - Birthplace
- St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
- Place of death
- Switzerland
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Education
- University of Hamburg
Harvard University (MA|1938|Ph.D|1942) - Occupations
- professor
art historian - Relationships
- Janson, Dora Jane (wife, married 1941)
Janson, Anthony F. (son) - Organizations
- College Art Association
Renaissance Society of America
Washington University
New York University Institute of Fine Arts - Awards and honors
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1948, 1955)
Charles R. Morey Award (1952, 1957)
Art Dealers Assoc. of America Award (1981)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1978) - Short biography
- Born in Russia to Latvian (or Swedish?) parents; family moved to Finland and then Germany; H.W. came to the U.S. and did graduate work at Harvard; taught at Worcester (Mass.) Art Museum (1936-38), University of Iowa (1938-41), Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.) (1941-49), and New York University (1949-79).
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The story of painting for young people, from cave… by H. W. Janson, and Janson, Dora Jane
11/13/10
A Survey of the Major Visual Arts from the Dawn of History to the Present Fay
really about French artists. a lot of black and white pictures
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