Henri Stierlin Henri Stierlin is a Swiss journalist and writer of popular works on art and architectural history.Education Stierlin studied Classics with Law at the Universities of Lausanne and Zurich . He achieved Bachelor of Arts whilst at Lausanne in 1954. He also studied Theory of Art History, at Grenoble University in 1977-1978, writing a dissertation on the Symbolic Nature of the Persian Mosque .Journalistic career He 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 An editor for Rizzoli. In 1963 he became general editor of the Swiss magazine Radio-TV and architectural editor of the journal Werk-Œuvre in 1972. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 2004.Books and publications Living architecture: ancient Mexican 192 pages Encyclopaedia of world architecture volume 2 499 pages The pre- civilizations: the world of the Maya , Aztecs, and Incas 95 pages Art of the Maya : from the Olmecs to the Toltec-Maya 211 pages Art of the Aztecs 36 pages The cultural history of pre-Columbian America Art of the Incas and its origins 240 pages Ma'yan 192 pages Angkor and Khmer art 96 pages The art of Islam in the East, from Isfahan to the Taj Mahal, Grund, Paris, 2002. L'architecture de l'Islam : Au service de la foi et du pouvoir , coll. « Découvertes Gallimard », série Arts. Paris: Gallimard, 2003 Deus ex Machina , Infolio, Gollion, 2004The Roman Empire: from the Etruscans to the decline of the Roman Empire 240 pages 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 Gold of the Pharaohs 235 pages The Pharaohs master builders 255 pages Greece : from Mycenae to the Parthenon 224 pages Le buste de Néfertiti : Une imposture de l'égyptologie?, Infolio, Gollion, 2009 Teotihuacán : La cité des Dieux , coll. « Découvertes Gallimard Hors série », 2009Rituals and mysteries of the deified kings 224 pageswith Anne Stierlin Splendour of an Islam World 219 pages Hindu India: from Khajuraho to the temple city of Madurai 237 pages Turkey: from the Selçuks to the Ottomans 237 pages Islamic art and architecture 319 pagesJoint Pedro Ramirez Vasquez - Living architecture: Mayan 192 pages Hiroshi Daifuku, Philipe Stern, Ta-kuan Chou, Madeleine Giteau , Soubert Son, Luc Ionesco - S.O.S. Angkor 42 pages Karl Gerstner - The Spirit of colors: the art of Karl Gerstner : nine picture chapters and selected essays 225 pages Octavio Autpaz; Iris Barry ; Daniele Lavallee; Jean Paul Barbier; Conceicao, G. Correa - Pre-Columbian America: Ritual Arts of the New World Henri Stierlin;
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