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Angkor

English · Hardback

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Klappentext Built between the ninth and the thirteenth centuries by a succession of twelve Khmer kings, Angkor spreads over 120 square miles in Southeast Asia and includes scores of major architectural sites. In 802, when construction began on Angkor War, financed by wealth from rice and trade, Jayavarman II took the throne, initiating an unparalleled period of artistic and architectural achievement, exemplified in the fabled ruins of Angkor, center of the ancient empire. Among the amazing pyramid-and mandala-shaped shrines preserved in the jungles of Cambodia is Angkor Wat, the world's largest temple, an extraordinarily complex structure filled with iconographic detail and religious symbolism. Perhaps because of the decline of agricultural productivity and the expansion of the Thai Empire, Angkor was abandoned in the fifteenth century and left to the ravages of time. Today many countries are working to conserve and restore the temples, which have been inaccessible until recently. Now that the civil war has ended, Angkor is being reborn and is an increasingly popular tourist destination.Undaunted by the difficulties of traveling through Cambodia and eastern Thailand, Jon Ortner, accompanied by his wife, Martha, photographed fifty of the most important and unique monuments of the Khmer Empire. His images include spectacular views from the rooftops of its temples, glorious landscapes, and details of inscriptions and art that few have ever seen. Beautifully reproduced in Angkor, the photographs are accompanied by a fascinating text written by a team of experts, providing historical, architectural, and religious analyses of Angkor and the Khmer civilization. The appendix includes a glossary, achronology of construction, and a chart of the kings and their accomplishments. Black-and-white floor plans and historic watercolors complete this breathtaking tribute. Zusammenfassung Built between the 9th and the 13th centuries by a succession of 12 Khmer kings! Angkor spreads over 120 miles in South-East Asia and includes scores of major architectural sites. This illustrated history and exploration of the monuments of Angkor includes plans! watercolours and a chronology. ...

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Authors etc., Ian Mabbett, Ian W. Mabbett, J Ortner, Jon Ortner
Assisted by Jon Ortner (Illustration), Jon Ortner (Photographs)
Publisher External catalogues US
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 21.11.2002
 
EAN 9780789207180
ISBN 978-0-7892-0718-0
Dimensions 268 mm x 346 mm x 40 mm
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

Orte und Menschen: Sachbuch, Bildbände, Mittelalterlicher Stil, Christi Geburt bis 1500 nach Chr., Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte, Architektur: Kirchen, Sakralbauten, Kambodscha

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