Henri Focillon was a French art historian. He was the son of the printmaker Victor-Louis Focillon. He was 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 Sorbonne, at the Collège de France and then in the United States, where he went into exile and taught at Yale University. A poet, printmaker, and teacher, Focillon trained 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
:* Vie des formes (1934, "The Life of Forms") :* Éloge de la main :* Benvenuto Cellini Medieval Art :* Art des sculpteurs romans (1932) :* ''Art d'occident 1 : Moyen Âge roman et gothique'' :* ''Art d'occident 2 : Moyen Âge gothique'' (1938) :* Moyen Age. Survivances et réveils (1943) :* Piero della Francesca (1951) :* ''L'An mil'' (1952) Painting :* 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") Prints :* Giovanni-Battista Piranesi (1918) East Asia :* ''L'art bouddhique'' (1921, "Buddhist Art") :* Hokusai (1914) ==References==