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'''Henri Focillon''' (1881 - March 3, 1943) was a [[French art historian]]. '''Henri Focillon''' (1881 - March 3, 1943) was a [[French art historian]].
-Director of the [[Musée des Beaux-Arts]] in Lyon. Professor of [[Art History]] at the University of [[Lyon]], at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, at the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]], at the [[Collège de France]] and then in the United States, where he went into exile and taught at Yale University. [[Poet]], printmaker, and a [[teacher]] without equal, Henri Focillon formed generations of art historians including [[George Kubler]]. He remains best known for his works on medieval art, most of which were translated into English. +Director of the [[Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon]]. Professor of [[Art History]] at the University of [[Lyon]], at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, at the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]], at the [[Collège de France]] and then in the United States, where he went into exile and taught at Yale University. [[Poet]], printmaker, and a [[teacher]] without equal, Henri Focillon formed generations of art historians including [[George Kubler]]. He remains best known for his works on medieval art, most of which were translated into English.
==Partial bibliography== ==Partial bibliography==
-:* ''Vie des formes'' (1934, "The Life of Forms")+:* ''[[Vie des formes]]'' (1934, "The Life of Forms")
-:* ''Éloge de la main''+:* ''[[Éloge de la main]]''
-:* ''Benvenuto Cellini''+:* ''[[Benvenuto Cellini]]''
'''Medieval Art''' '''Medieval Art'''
-:* ''Art des sculpteurs romans'' (1932)+:* ''[[Art des sculpteurs romans]]'' (1932)
-:* ''Art d'occident 1 : Moyen Âge roman et gothique''+:* ''[[Art d'occident 1 : Moyen Âge roman et gothique]]''
-:* ''Art d'occident 2 : Moyen Âge gothique'' (1938)+:* ''[[Art d'occident 2 : Moyen Âge gothique]]'' (1938)
-:* ''Moyen Age. Survivances et réveils'' (1943)+:* ''[[Moyen Age. Survivances et réveils]]'' (1943)
-:* ''Piero della Francesca'' (1951)+:* ''[[Piero della Francesca]]'' (1951)
-:* ''L'An mil'' (1952)+:* ''[[L'An mil]]'' (1952)
'''Painting''' '''Painting'''
-:* ''La peinture au XIXe et XXe siècles'' (1927-1928, "Painting in the 19th and 20th Centuries")+:* ''[[La peinture au XIXe et XXe siècles]]'' (1927-1928, "Painting in the 19th and 20th Centuries")
-:* ''De Callot à Lautrec. perspectives de l’art français'' ("From Callot to Lautrec: Perspectives on French Art")+:* ''[[De Callot à Lautrec. perspectives de l’art français]]'' ("From Callot to Lautrec: Perspectives on French Art")
'''Prints''' '''Prints'''
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'''East Asia''' '''East Asia'''
-:* ''L'art bouddhique'' (1921, "Buddhist Art")+:* ''[[L'art bouddhique]]'' (1921, "Buddhist Art")
-:* ''Hokusai'' (1924)+:* ''[[Hokusai]]'' (1924)
 +==See also==
 +[[Alfred Latour]], [[Architectural theory]], [[Charles Meryon]], [[Charles Sterling]], [[Claude Lévi-Strauss]], [[Consuelo Berges]], [[Françoise Henry]], [[Frank McEwen]], [[Frédérique Charlaix]], [[George Kubler]], [[George Oprescu]], [[German art]], [[Gertrude Langer]], [[Gustave Cohen]], [[Hanna Deinhard]], [[Index of aesthetics articles]], [[Jacques de Caso]], [[James S. Ackerman]], [[Jean Bony]], [[Jean René Bazaine]], [[Jurgis Baltrušaitis (art historian)]], [[List of aestheticians]], [[List of works about Rembrandt]], [[Louis Grodecki]], [[Medieval art]], [[Molly Nesbit]], [[Nicolae Iorga]], [[Pierre Rosenberg]], [[Rayonnant]], [[Robert Branner]], [[S. Lane Faison]], [[Sirarpie Der Nersessian]], [[Walter William Spencer Cook]]
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Henri Focillon (1881 - March 3, 1943) was a French art historian.

Director of the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon. Professor of Art History at the University of Lyon, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, at the Sorbonne, at the Collège de France and then in the United States, where he went into exile and taught at Yale University. Poet, printmaker, and a teacher without equal, Henri Focillon formed generations of art historians including George Kubler. He remains best known for his works on medieval art, most of which were translated into English.

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Partial bibliography

Medieval Art

Painting

Prints

East Asia

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See also

Alfred Latour, Architectural theory, Charles Meryon, Charles Sterling, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Consuelo Berges, Françoise Henry, Frank McEwen, Frédérique Charlaix, George Kubler, George Oprescu, German art, Gertrude Langer, Gustave Cohen, Hanna Deinhard, Index of aesthetics articles, Jacques de Caso, James S. Ackerman, Jean Bony, Jean René Bazaine, Jurgis Baltrušaitis (art historian), List of aestheticians, List of works about Rembrandt, Louis Grodecki, Medieval art, Molly Nesbit, Nicolae Iorga, Pierre Rosenberg, Rayonnant, Robert Branner, S. Lane Faison, Sirarpie Der Nersessian, Walter William Spencer Cook



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