How long does it take to read Janson's History of Art?
the western tradition
H. W. Janson, Penelope J. E. Davies, Walter B. Denny, Frima Fox Hofrichter, Joseph F. Jacobs, Ann M. Roberts, David L. Simon
Janson's History of Art by H. W. Janson, Penelope J. E. Davies, Walter B. Denny, Frima Fox Hofrichter, Joseph F. Jacobs, Ann M. Roberts, David L. Simon takes about 19 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 19 hours 22 minutes
A long haul
First published 2006. 1,056 pages, about 290,400 words.
39 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 32 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 19 hours 22 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 12 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"The new Eighth Edition, although revised to remain current with new discoveries and scholarship, continues to follow Janson's lead in important ways: It is limited to the Western tradition, with a chapter on Islamic art and its relationship to Western art. It keeps the focus of the discussion on the object, its manufacture, and its visual character. It considers the contribution of the artist as an important part of the analysis. This edition maintains an organization along the lines established by Janson, with separate chapters on the Northern European Renaissance, the Italian Renaissance, the High Renaissance, and Baroque art, with stylistic divisions for key periods of the modern era. Also embedded in this edition is the narrative of how art has changed over time in the cultures that Europe has claimed as its patrimony."--Amazon.
Subjects: Art, History, Art, history, Histoire, Composition & creative writing, Art--history
