Angkor Wat

Time, Space, and Kingship

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2907437
AutoresHelene Legendre De Koninck (autor correspondente), Eleanor Mannikka
Ano1998
Volume71
Fascículo2
Páginas279
Data de publicação1998-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPacific Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2761011
OpenAlexW2054440670
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7

Angkor Wat, with its magnificent towers silhouetted against the rising sun, is one of the most awe-inspiring architectural visions in the world. The temple was rescued from obscurity in the mid-19th century when French explorers reported seeing great sandstone monuments in the Cambodian jungle. At the turn of the century, as clearing began and the site re-emerged from the surrounding jungle growth, the temple was on its way to becoming recognized around the world as one of our greatest architectural achievements. Despite its impressive exterior, very little was known about Angkor Wat beyond the stories told by it bas-reliefs and the inscriptions chronicling the life of its builder, King Suryavarman II. Now, Eleanor Mannikka's study brings the principles of 12th-century Khmer temple architecture to the modern world

Ancient history · Geography · Monarchy · Political science · Politics · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Cambodian History and Society · History · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies