Charles Chipiez (; 1835–1901) was an influential French

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

Egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , '' -logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religiou ...

Iranologist Iranian studies ( fa, ايران‌شناسی '), also referred to as Iranology and Iranistics, is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the research and study of the civilization, history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples. It ...

, and an avid historian of the ancient world's architecture. He was a teacher at

École Spéciale d'Architecture The École spéciale d'architecture (ÉSA; formerly École centrale d'architecture) is a private school for architecture at 254, boulevard Raspail in Paris, France. The school was founded in 1865 by engineer Emile Trélat as reaction against the ...

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, France, and helped build the "École Nationale Professionnelle d'Armentières" or the National Professional building of Armentières in 1887. Chipiez with the help of architect, hellenist, and architectural historian

Georges Perrot Georges Perrot (12 November 1832 – 30 June 1914) was a French archaeologist. He taught at the Sorbonne from 1875 and was director of the École Normale Supérieure from 1888 to 1902. In 1874 he was elected to the Academie des Inscriptions e ...

wrote some of the most detailed description of the architectural achievements of the ancient world in such places as

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Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

, Lydia,

Lycia Lycia ( Lycian: 𐊗𐊕𐊐𐊎𐊆𐊖 ''Trm̃mis''; el, Λυκία, ; tr, Likya) was a state or nationality that flourished in Anatolia from 15–14th centuries BC (as Lukka) to 546 BC. It bordered the Mediterranean Sea in what is ...

and

Assyria Assyria ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , romanized: ''māt Aššur''; syc, ܐܬܘܪ, ʾāthor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the ...

. Chipiez would also create some of the most detailed virtual architectural drawings of the ancient monuments that once stood erect, bringing them to life. Some of his prominent works with Perrot include ''History of art in primitive Greece: Mycenian art'' in 1894, ''A history of art in Phoenicia and its dependencies'' in 1885, ''History of art in Persia'' in 1892,
A history of art in ancient Egypt
' in 1883, ''A history of art in Chaldaea & Assyria'' in 1884, ''History of art in Phrygia, Lydia, Caria, and Lycia'' in 1892, and ''History of art in Sardinia, Judæa, Syria, and Asia Minor'' in 1890. Chipiez's drawing reflect his technical acumen as well as his artist abilities. His drawings recreating the facade of

Persepolis , native_name_lang = , alternate_name = , image = Gate of All Nations, Persepolis.jpg , image_size = , alt = , caption = Ruins of the Gate of All Nations, Persepolis. , map = , map_type ...

are among some of the works he has contributed to his publications: File:Persepolis Reconstruction Apadana Chipiez.jpg, Reconstruction of the

Apadana Apadana ( peo, 𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴) is a large hypostyle hall in Persepolis, Iran. It belongs to the oldest building phase of the city of Persepolis, in the first half of the 6th century BC, as part of the original design by Darius the Gre ...

Hall File:Persepolis vue d'oiseau Chipiez.jpg, Bird's-eye view of

File:Persepolis Reconstruction Apadana Toit Chipiez.JPEG, Column detail of

File:Persepolis T Chipiez.jpg, Facade of Palace of Darius File:Persepolis Rec Iso Toit Tach Chipiez.jpg, Analysis of the "Tachar" Hall File:Chipiez 100 colonnes.jpg, Hall of 100 columns, or "Talar-i Takht" File:Persepolis Rec iso Toit P100C Chipiez.jpg, Detail from the roof structure of Persepolis

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