艾黎·福尔是本世纪初法国著名的文艺批评家、美学家和哲学家,其倾注毕生精力撰写而成的近90万字的美学专著《世界艺术史》一书,以其渊博的学识,新颖的见解,敏锐的直觉以及充满激情和想象的文字风格而享誉世界,被许多国家列为艺术史权威教科书。 Aileen Forres, a famous French art critic, esthetician and philosopher in the early part of this century, devoted nearly 900,000 words of his art monograph entitled “Art History of the World”, a book written by him all his life. With his profound knowledge, New insights, keen intuition, and a passionate and imaginative writing style have earned the world a reputation as authoritative art textbooks in many countries.