One of the most brilliant and important applications of biological
metaphors to the study of art. In this classic meditation on the
problem of style in art history, Henri Focillon In this beautiful
meditation on the history of art and the problem of style, Henri
Focillon (1881-1943) 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 achievements was to lodge a concept of autonomous formal
mutation within the shifting domain of materials and techniques.
Focillon emphasizes the presence of nonsynchronous tendencies
within styles that give to artworks a manifold and stratified
character. 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 Focillon.The book also contains a
critical introduction by Jean Molino. Henri Focillon (1881-1943)
taught at the CollAge de France and at Yale University. His books
include Art of the West. Romanesque and Gothic (2 vols.), The Year
1000, L'art des sculpteurs romans, and Piero della Francesca.
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