Pierre Francastel

Pierre Francastel (8 June 1900 – 2 January 1970) was a French art historian, best known for his use of sociological method.

Francastel's initial period of study was in literature, at the Sorbonne. He worked in building conservation at Versailles while undertaking research toward his doctoral degree, which was on the sculpture of Versailles, and in 1928 he published a monograph, including a critical catalogue, on the seventeenth-century French sculptor François Girardon. In 1930, he was appointed director of the Warsaw ''Institut français'', and in 1936 he was appointed professor at the University in Strasbourg. In 1948, he was created inaugural Professor of the Sociology of Art at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris.

Francastel's research interests varied between the French seventeenth century and the nineteenth century, but his sociological methodology, strongly influenced by the work of Émile Durkheim, remained the intellectual basis upon which his scholarly thought and corpus were organised. Francastel is also noted for his promotion of spatial concerns, both physical and conceptual, prefiguring the "spatial turn" of later scholars such as Henri Lefebvre. Two of his key works, that emphasise Francastel's view of art as a system both embedded within and productive of social relations, are his ''Art et Sociologie'' (1948) and ''Peinture et Société'' (1951). Provided by Wikipedia
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    Realidad figurativa : elementos estructurales de sociología del arte. by Francastel, Pierre

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    Art et techique : aux xix et xx siecle. by Francastel, Pierre

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    Art et technique : aux xix et xx siecle. by Francastel, Pierre

    Published 1956
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    Monet, Sisley, Pissarro / by Francastel, Pierre

    Published 1943
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    Pintura y sociedad / by Francastel, Pierre

    Published 1990
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    Arte y técnica en los siglos XIX y XX / by Francastel, Pierre

    Published 1990
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    La figure et le lieu : l'ordre visuel du quatrocento / by Francastel, Pierre

    Published 1967
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    L'impressionnisme : les origines de la peinture moderne de Monet a Gauguin / by Francastel, Pierre

    Published 1937
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    Histoire de la peinture française / by Francastel, Pierre

    Published 1990
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    Le style empire : du directoire a la restauration / by Francastel, Pierre

    Published 1939
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    Historia de la pintura francesa : desde la Edad Media hasta Picasso / by Francastel, Pierre

    Published 1970
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    La realidad figurativa : elementos estructurales de sociología del arte / by Francastel, Pierre

    Published 1970
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    EL impresionismo / by Francastel, Pierre, 1900-1970

    Published 1979
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    La figura y el lugar : el orden visual del Quattrocento / by Francastel, Pierre, 1900-1970

    Published 1969
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    Sociología del arte / by Francastel, Pierre, 1900-1970

    Published 1998
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    La realidad figurativa : elementos estructurales de sociología del arte / by Francastel, Pierre, 1900-1970

    Published 1970
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    Arte y técnica; en los siglos XIX y XX / by Francastel, Pierre, 1900-1970

    Published 1961
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