Book Notes: History of Art by H. W. Janson

(these notes are for the 4th edition)

Introduction

• "...not all art is beautiful to our eyes, but it is art nonetheless. And no matter how unsatisfactory, the term will have to do for lack of a better one." 43
• "Artists may sometimes be tortured by the burden of their genius, but they can never be truly creative under the thrall of psychosis." 43