author
Georges Perrot
1832–1914
A pioneering French archaeologist and classicist, he helped bring the ancient world to life for modern readers through wide-ranging studies of Greek and Near Eastern art. His books combine careful scholarship with a strong sense of historical storytelling.
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 active during a formative period for archaeology, Georges Perrot became one of France’s leading scholars of the ancient Mediterranean. He taught at the Sorbonne and later served as director of the École Normale Supérieure, building a reputation as both a teacher and a public intellectual.
He is especially remembered for his research on Greek antiquity and the civilizations of the ancient Near East. Working with collaborators including Charles Chipiez, he produced large, influential studies on the history of ancient art that helped shape how readers in Europe understood architecture, sculpture, and material culture from the ancient world.
Perrot was also recognized by major learned institutions in France, including the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. For audiobook listeners, he stands out as a scholar-writer whose work opens a window onto archaeology before it became a modern field in the way we know it today.