Jacques Élie FaureJacques Élie Faure (April 4, 1873 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande

Sainte-Foy-la-Grande

Sainte-Foy-la-Grande is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:-Personalities:It was the birthplace of:* Paul Broca, surgeon and anthropologist* Élisée Reclus, geographer-References:*...

, France

France

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 – October 29, 1937 in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

) was a French art historian and essayist.

Works

• Vélasquez (1903)
• Formes et Forces (1907)
• Les Constructeurs (1914)
• La sainte Face (1917)
• La Roue (1919)
• La Danse sur le Feu et l'Eau (1920)
• Napoléon (1921)
• Histoire de l'art (1919-1921)
• L'Esprit des formes (1927)
• Découverte de l'archipel (1932)
• D'autres Terres en vue (1932)
• Mon périple suivi de Reflets dans le sillage (1931)

Miscellany

In the opening scene of Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement, French Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave"....

's film Pierrot le Fou

Pierrot le fou

Pierrot le fou is a 1965 French film directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Anna Karina and Jean-Paul Belmondo. The film is based on Obsession, a novel by Lionel White. It was Jean-Luc Godard's tenth feature film, released between Alphaville and Masculin, féminin...

(1965), Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jean-Paul Belmondo is a French actor initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s.-Career:Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, west of Paris, Belmondo did not perform well in school, but developed a passion for boxing and football."Did you box professionally very long?" "Not very long...

's character sits in a bathtub reading Elie Faure's Histoire de l'art to his daughter.

In Henry Miller

Henry Miller

Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist and painter. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of 'novel' that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is...

's novels Tropic of Capricorn (novel)

Tropic of Capricorn (novel)

Tropic of Capricorn is a semi-autobiographical novel by Henry Miller, first published in Paris in 1938. The novel was subsequently banned in the United States until a 1961 Justice Department ruling declared that its contents were not obscene. It is a sequel to Miller's 1934 work, the Tropic of...

, Plexus and Nexus Miller speaks of Faure's works.

Will Durant

Will Durant

William James Durant was a prolific American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife Ariel Durant and published between 1935 and 1975...

 included Faure's 4-volume History of Art on his list of 100 Best Books for an Education.

External links

• Texts at wikisource (in French
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• Picture of Faure
• Short biography and picture