[Purpose/Significance] To study the development process of western reading history with western painting as the starting point, to explore the development characteristics of western reading history from the perspective of images, and to practice the research path of using pictures to prove history, so as to provide reference for the study of Chinese reading history. [Method/Process] Taking 588 western paintings on the theme of reading as the research objects, using the image analysis method, on the basis of sorting out and depicting the development and evolution of western reading history from the perspective of images, it analyzed the evolution of cognition of reading behaviors in different times, and finally summarized the characteristics of western reading history from the perspective of images. [Result/Conclusion] The western reading history from the perspective of images has the characteristics of character-centered narrative, and religious themes are read throughout. The use of painting works to study the history of reading should consider the influence of the factors of the times, the purpose of painting and the degree of artistic processing.
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