A memorial service will be held in New York on a date to be announced. Professor Janson is survived by his wife, and frequent collaborator, the former Dora Jane Heineberg, and by their four children: Anthony, Peter, Josephine and Charles, and by a grandson. He was also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vice president of the Renaissance Society of America, vice president of the International Committee for the History of Art in Paris, a council member of the Swiss Institute for Art History in Zurich and a council member of the Institute for the Study of the Art of Lombardy. He was twice a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, and in 1977-78 was a fellow of the National Humanities Institute in New Haven. Mellon Lectures that he had given at the National Gallery in Washington in 1974 under the title of ''19th-Century Sculpture Revisited,'' and he had also just completed his contribution to ''Art of the 19th Century,'' a book of which Prof. Penelope J E Davies H W Janson: Publisher: Boston : Pearson, 2016 Edition/Format: Print book: English : Reissued eighth editionView all editions and formats: Rating: (not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first. Selected occasional writings were published in 1974 under the title ''Sixteen Studies.'' Working on a New BookĪt the time of his death he was working on the publication of the Andrew W. His other books included ''Apes and Ape Lore in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance'' (1952) and ''The Sculpture of Donatello'' (1957), both of which won the Charles Rufus Morey Award that is given by the College Art Association for the best book of the year in art history. Abrams and Prentice-Hall and proved to be one of the great all-time successes in its field. His wider celebrity was based on his famous ''History of Art,'' which was first published in 1962 by Harry N. Cassoni, the richly decorated bridal chests used in Italy during the Renaissance, will make an appearance in the seventh edition of H. To the members of the public, his message was that in time and with due care they could become part of what he called ''the active minority that participates directly in shaping the course of art in our time.'' A Native of Russia It covers the painting, the sculpture and the architecture of all times and all places in a way that reflects what was its author's tireless curiosity, hyperactive turn of mind and apparently unlimited physical energy.Īs a teacher, Professor Janson had a charismatic presence and was outstanding for his ability to communicate to both undergraduate and graduate audiences with equal facility. The book was more than once brought up to date, and well over two million copies have been sold. Professor Janson was known to millions of readers in many countries for his richly illustrated ''History of Art.'' First published in 1962, it was translated into 14 languages and is widely regarded as both an essential teaching instrument and a book that can be read and looked at with continuous enjoyment. Janson, known the world over for his best-selling ''History of Art'' and for more than 30 years professor of the history of art at New York University, died Thursday on a train between Milan, Italy, and Zurich.