Francis Croissant (1935 – April 16, 2019) was a French archaeologist and art historian specializing in

Archaic Greece Archaic Greece was the period in History of Greece, Greek history lasting from to the second Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC, following the Greek Dark Ages and succeeded by the Classical Greece, Classical period. In the archaic period, the ...

, especially sculpture. A student at the

École normale supérieure École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by Secondary education in France, secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing i ...

(class 1957 L), he has been a member of the

French School at Athens The French School at Athens (, EfA; ''Gallikí Scholí Athinón'') is one of the seventeen foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece. History Founded in 1846, the EfA is the oldest foreign institute in Athens. Its early f ...

and former general secretary of this institution (1968–1974). He was a

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at the

University of Nancy A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ...

, and later a professor of Greek archaeology at Paris I.

Selected bibliography

''Les Protomés féminines archaïques : recherches sur les représentations du visage dans la plastique grecque de 550 a 480 av. J.-C.''
("Bibliothèque des Écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome", 250), Paris : De Boccard, 1983. *''Fouilles de Delphes / École française d'Athènes. Tome IV, Monuments figurés : sculpture. 7, Les frontons du temple du IVe siècle'', Paris : De Boccard, 2003. .

External links

Note sur le style des sculptures de Poreuna

Complete bibliography

{{DEFAULTSORT:Croissant, Francis French archaeologists École Normale Supérieure alumni Members of the French School at Athens 1935 births 2019 deaths