History of art .. Volume 1

Histoire de l'art #1

by Élie Faure, Walter Pach

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Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Art History, History

398 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1919

About the author

Jacques Élie Faure (4 April 1873 – 29 October 1937) was a French medical doctor, art historian and essayist.

Faure was called "the greatest art critic of the 1920s and 30s". He is the author of the History of Art, considered a historiographical pillar in the discipline.

Dr. Faure was drafted as a military doctor at the front line during the First World War. He was quickly traumatized by the fighting and moved to the rear of the battlefield.

His book, La Sainte Face (The Holy Face), published in 1917 retraces his time as a frontline doctor from August 1914 to August 1915. The second part, "Far from the Fire", describes his convalescence in Paris and Côte d'Azur.

Reviews

[Michael Finocchiaro]

Elie Foure was VERY passionate about Greek and Roman art and this comes across very articulately in his study of Antiquity. It was the first deeper study I read about the various artists at the time and the origins of Greek mastery of sculpture and mosaics and how the Romans copies and modified them. A must for the art student!

[michael]

Read the last volume, The Spirit of the Forms, translated by Walter Pach. 1937 printing with first owner's name written inside and year '37 -- bought from amazon. Christ, if only today's art critics could write like this dude.

[Joe]

I have two hardcover volumes of this in English -- vol. 1 Ancient Art and vol. 2 Medieval Art. Beautiful images and brilliant writing. Came upon them when it was referenced by Henry Miller in one of his books as some of the best writing he'd ever read. Totally agree.

[daria]

Very well explained everything for general culture as well as for art enthusiasts. I recommend it for the writing style and the knowledge provided.

[Alia]

"Je les jugeais, — je les juge encore, — d'une philosophie puérile, sentimentale, larmoyante, obscure et mal écrites par surcroît."

Moins une histoire de l'art qu'une introduction à la philosophie propre de l'auteur. Élie Faure tente, par la poésie, de capturer une certaine sensibilité artistique emprunte d'un mysticisme que je juge (avec, plus tard, son auteur) puérile et même parfois ridicule.

Quelques fulgurances récompenseront néanmoins le lecteur patient.

[Dilek]

Histoire de l'art: Sanat Tarihi

4 ciltten oluşan bir seridir.

1. Antik Sanat
2. Ortaçağ Sanatı
3. Rönesans Sanatı
4. Modern Sanat
-Sanatçı kendi kendine yetemez. Görevi varlığını yaymaktır. İnsanlardan aldığını onlara geri verir.
*Antik Çağ: Mağara adamının ilkel eserleridir. Daha çok doğa olayları konu alınmıştır. Mısır ve çevresinde yaşamış uygarlıklardan bahseder. Buradan Atina'ya geçerek taştan oluşan sanatları anlatır.

[Cameron]

This man could write. History of Art is filled with beautiful, rhapsodic prose, reminiscent of the great Proust. While some knowledge of Egyptian, Greek, or Assyrian history will enhance the experience of the reader, Faure’s poetic journey through the art of ancient civilizations long past can be appreciated by anyone. Truly an underrepresented gem.

[Víctor Iglesias]

Très obscure à ça rhétorique, pas clair, beaucoup de métaphore qui ne sont pas nécessaire.

Mais très intéressant ça approximation à l'histoire de l'art.

C'est nul l'absolu carence des photo ou des dessins

J'ai vais lire les outrés deux livres de lui

[Ovidiu-Cristian Suatean]

C'est le livre que tu dois lire si tu as besoin d'une introduction dans l'histoire d'art.

[Nils]

This History of ancient Art is condensing Nietzsche's genius, Elie Faure's feather, and ancients fever. A beautiful, scholar, and unfortunately unpopular book, that should be read by every art enthusiast.