Philippe Stern (11 April 1895 – 4 April 1979) was a French

art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today, ...

. He worked at the

Guimet Museum The Guimet Museum (full name in french: Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet; MNAAG; ) is an art museum located at 6, place d'Iéna in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. Literally translated into English, its full name is the Nation ...

(1929-1965).

Literary works

* ''Le Bàyon d'

Angkor Angkor ( km, អង្គរ , 'Capital city'), also known as Yasodharapura ( km, យសោធរបុរៈ; sa, यशोधरपुर),Headly, Robert K.; Chhor, Kylin; Lim, Lam Kheng; Kheang, Lim Hak; Chun, Chen. 1977. ''Cambodian-Engl ...

et l'évolution de l'art Khmer'' (), 1927 * ''L'art du

Champa Champa ( Cham: ꨌꩌꨛꨩ; km, ចាម្ប៉ា; vi, Chiêm Thành or ) were a collection of independent Cham polities that extended across the coast of what is contemporary central and southern Vietnam from approximately the 2nd ...

et son évolution'' (), 1942 * ''Colonnes indiennes d' Ajanta et d'

Ellora Ellora is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut Hindu temple cave complexes in the world, with artwork dating from the period 600–1000 CE., Quote: "These 34 ...

'' (), 1972

External links

* http://angkor.wat.online.fr/dec-stern.htm
Trésors d'art du Vietnam, la sculpture du Champa
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Rénovation du musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet
* French art historians French orientalists 1895 births 1979 deaths French Indologists French male non-fiction writers 20th-century French male writers {{France-art-historian-stub