Henri Stierlin b. 2 April 1928 in Alexandria, Egypt, is a comparative historian of art and architecture, journalist and photographer.

Academic courses

Stierlin studied Classics of Greek and Latin with Law at the Universities of Lausanne and Zurich he achieved Bachelor of Arts (Law) whilst in Lausanne during 1954.

He also studied Theory of Art History on the Symbolic nature of the Persian mosque, at Grenoble University in 1977-1978.

Journalistic career

Was a columnist in art-history, and editor at the Swiss newspaper Tribune de Geneve from 1955 to 1962, and a radio journalist at Radio Suisse in 1957 (cultural programs.) In 1963 he became Editor of the weekly Swiss Radio-TV and documentary editor of the monthly Work-Werk architecture in 1972.

He was made a ​​Knight of the Legion of Honor in 2004.

Books and publications

• The Pharaohs master builders
• The art of Islam in the East, from Isfahan to the Taj Mahal, Grund, Paris, 2002.
• The architecture of Islam - in service of faith and power. Coll discovery, Gallimard, Paris, 2003 Deus ex Machina, Infolio, Gollion, 2004
• The art of Mediterranean Islam, from Damascus to Cordoba, Grund, Paris, 2005
• The photographic vision of architecture: An itinerary in the image, Infolio, Gollion, 2005. 128p. Splendors of the Persian Empire, Grund, Paris, 2006.
• The bust of Nefertiti : A sham of Egyptology?, Infolio, Gollion, 2009
• Rituals and mysteries of the deified kings: Monuments and cults, Actes Sud, Arles, 2010 (ISBN 978-2-7427-8924-5)
• Pre-Colombian America: Ritual Arts of the New World Henri Stierlin; Octavio Autpaz; Iris Barry; Daniele Lavallee; Jean Paul Barbier; Conceicao, G. Correa ISBN 9788881183265, Publisher:Skira, Publication Date:2000
• Islamic art and architecture
• Living architecture: ancient Mexican
• Art of the Maya : from the Olmecs to the Toltec-Maya
• Art of the Incas and its origins
• Encyclopaedia of world architecture
• Art of the Aztecs and its origins
• Hindu India : from Khajuraho to the temple city of Madurai
• Greece : from Mycenae to the Parthenon
• The Roman Empire

See also

• Persepolis
  Persepolis
  Perspolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire . Persepolis is situated northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran. In contemporary Persian, the site is known as Takht-e Jamshid...
  
  
• Achaemenid
• Islamic Art
  Islamic art
  Islamic art encompasses the visual arts produced from the 7th century onwards by people who lived within the territory that was inhabited by or ruled by culturally Islamic populations...
  
  
• Safavid art
  Safavid art
  Safavid art is the art of the Persian Safavid dynasty from 1501 to 1722, in present day Iran. It was a high point for the art of the book and architecture; and also including ceramics, metal, glass, and gardens...
  
  
• Sassanid Art
• bust of Nefertiti

External links

• official site of H. Stierlin ( french language )