and the Renaissance (1952) and Sculpture of Donatello (1957). In his later years he was concerned with East–West dialogue in the arts. Over his career, Janson consulted on the Time–Life Library of Art; was president of the College Art Association, editor of the Art Bulletin, and founding member and President of the Renaissance Society of America. He also wrote books on art for young people, some in collaboration with his wife. Janson's signature contribution to the discipline of art history, specifically to the teaching of art history, is his survey text entitled simply History of Art, which was first published in 1962 and has since become the standard by which current art history textbooks are measured. Feminist critiques Despite or perhaps because of the influence of History of Art, it came under increased scrutiny by art historians, who sought a more inclusive story of Western art. According to feminist art historians Norma Broude and Mary Garrard: "Women artists in the 1950s and 1960s suffered professional isolation not only from one another, but also from their own history, in an era when women artists of the past had been virtually written out of the history of art, H.W. Janson's influential textbook, History of Art, first published in 1962, contained neither the name nor the work of a single woman artist. In thus excluding women from the history of art (...)." Janson's rejection of female artists has marred his reputation as an art historian. His refusal to acknowledge women extends to the celebrated artist Idelle Weber. Sam Hunter, then curator at MoMA, introduced her to Janson, who admired Weber's work but stated that he did not include women painters in his books. The updated editions of his History of Art, made by his son, Anthony F. Janson, have included several women artists from different eras. References and sources References Sources Frederik Ohles, Shirley M. Ohles, and John G. Ramsay, Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators (Greenwood Press, 1997: ), pp. 179–80. Elizabeth Sears and Charlotte Schoell-Glass, "An Émigré Art Historian and America: H. W. Janson", The Art Bulletin, Vol. 95, No. 2 (June 2013), pp. 219–242. External links Dictionary of Art Historians: Janson, H(orst) W(oldemar) John Russell, "PROF. H. W. JANSON IS DEAD AT 68; WROTE BEST-SELLING 'HISTORY OF ART' ", New York Times, October 3, 1982 American art historians Harvard University alumni New York University faculty Writers from Hamburg 1913 births