author
Georges Perrot
1832–1914
A leading French archaeologist and classical scholar, he helped bring the ancient world to a broad reading public through teaching, research, and ambitious art-history writing. His long academic career placed him at the center of French intellectual life in the late nineteenth century.
4 Audiobooks
A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 2 (of 2)
by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez
A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. 2 (of 2)
by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez
A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. 1 (of 2)
by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez
A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 1 (of 2)
by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez
About the author
Born in 1832 and educated at the École Normale Supérieure, he went on to become one of France’s best-known classical scholars and archaeologists. He taught at the Sorbonne, served as director of the École Normale Supérieure from 1888 to 1902, and was later permanent secretary of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.
He is especially remembered for his work on the art and civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. With architect Charles Chipiez, he wrote the large multi-volume History of Art in Antiquity, a major effort to describe ancient architecture, sculpture, and material culture for modern readers.
His career joined scholarship, teaching, and public cultural life. That mix of careful research and broad historical storytelling helped make archaeology feel vivid and accessible well beyond specialist circles.