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 · The Life of Forms in Art, by Henri Focillon. pm 8 July Early Gothic figure from the cathedral at Naumburg. Henri Focillon () was an art historian of great repute and professor at the Sorbonne and later at the Collège de France. He died in the USA while teaching at Yale and working for the cause of Free France, then under the Nazi heel.  · The Life of Forms in Art, by Henri Focillon. Early Gothic figure from the cathedral at Naumburg. Henri Focillon () was an art historian of great repute and professor at the Sorbonne and later at the Collège de France. He died in the USA while teaching at Yale and working for the cause of Free France, then under the Nazi heel. One of the most influential books in art history, The Life of Forms in Art is nonetheless horribly tedious. It was originally written in French, which is reportedly much more lucid. However, if your background in art historical study is strong, it is imperative that you understand Focillon's thesis/5.


by. Henri Focillon. · Rating details · 56 ratings · 5 reviews. In this beautiful meditation on the art-historical problem of style, Henri Focillon () describes how art forms change over time. Although he argues that the development of art is irreducible to external political, social, or economic determinants, one of his great. Life of Forms in Art has 44 ratings and 4 reviews. Steve said: Early Gothic figure from the cathedral at Naumburg Henri Focillon was an. HENRI FOCILLON, The Lite of Forms in Art (translation by Charles Beecher. The Life of Forms in Art. Henri FOCILLON. Zone Books () Abstract The Art of Social Forms and the Social Forms of Art: The Sociology-Aesthetics Nexus in Georg Simmel's Thought. Eduardo de La Fuente - - Sociological Theory 26 (4)


In The Life of Forms in Art, the volume in which he summed up his theory of art, Henri Focillon argued against any art-historical explanation that tries to account for the evolution of artistic form through exclusively contextual, extrinsic factors. The Life of Forms in Art remains one of the most brilliant and important reflections on the morphology of art. It has been superbly translated by George Kubler, whose book The Shape of Time was influenced by www.doorway.ru book also contains a critical introduction by Jean Molino. Focillon emphasizes the presence of nonsynchronous tendencies within styles that give artworks a manifold and stratified character. The Life of Forms in Art remains one of the most brilliant and.

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