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Sacred Angkor : the carved reliefs of Angkor Wat / Vittorio Roveda

By:

Roveda, Vittorio

Contributor(s):

Poncar, Jaro

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Trumbull, CT : Weatherhill , 2002Description: 290 p. : illus. ; 26 cmISBN:

9780834805248

Uniform titles:

Toller Cranston Collection

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

REF 732.4 ROV

LOC classification:

PN2287.B85 A3 2013b

Contents:

Summary: From around 800 to 1300 A.D., the Khmer dynasty ruled an empire stretching across what is now Cambodia and Thailand; its powerful rulers built magnificent temples to glorify their reigns, among them the spectacular monument known as Angkor Wat. Following the success of his Khmer Mythology, the author return to Angkor Wat, the central and most magnificent temple in the Angkor complex, to focus in depth on the extraordinary wealth of information contained in the nearly 1000 square meters of magnificent bas reliefs, corner pavilions, and pediments, revealing the iconographic intricacies of this monument as never before.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	Consulta / Referencia	REF 732.4 ROV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		021662

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Large Panels of the 3rd Enclosure -- Chapter 3: The Reliefs of the Corner Pavilions -- Chapter 4: The Cruciform Pavilion -- Chapter 5: Reliefs from Other Sites -- Chapter 6: Interpretation of the Reliefs -- Chapter 7: Conclusions.

From around 800 to 1300 A.D., the Khmer dynasty ruled an empire stretching across what is now Cambodia and Thailand; its powerful rulers built magnificent temples to glorify their reigns, among them the spectacular monument known as Angkor Wat. Following the success of his Khmer Mythology, the author return to Angkor Wat, the central and most magnificent temple in the Angkor complex, to focus in depth on the extraordinary wealth of information contained in the nearly 1000 square meters of magnificent bas reliefs, corner pavilions, and pediments, revealing the iconographic intricacies of this monument as never before.

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