If you take an intro to art history course, the textbook will probably be Helen Gardner, E. H. Gombrich, or H. W. Janson, and I got Janson's History of Art for mine, and very few books can match it as a comprehensive book for western art. Back when I was in school we used the seventh edition, but since then the eighth has come out and that's what I bought after the fire. As I perused it the other day, I noticed something that definitely wasn't there in the seventh edition: pixelated pictures. I have no idea how this passed the editing process. This is not acceptable in any way. It's motherfucking Janson and I expect a level of quality, especially since this book is $231. I think pictures with proper detail is the least you can do. It's not like these are obscure pieces of art with barely any photos taken of them. Are you seriously telling me you couldn't find a good picture of the stele of Hammurabi's Code that's at least 3x4"? There. That took me ten seconds. There is no way in the world I beat the editng team of the most famous art history book in the world. They're just being lazy. And I don't know why; people buy this book specifically for the pictures and you'd think that be would on the list of "things we must not fuck up."