
Of Gods, Kings and Men
The Reliefs of Angkor Wat
Thomas S. Maxwell(Author)
Silkworm Books (Publisher)
Published on 27. March 2007
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-974-9511-18-3 (ISBN)
Description
The rich and evocative bas-reliefs of Angkor Wat have captured the imagination of travelers, artists, and scholars for centuries. Built for the Khmer king Suryavarman II in the twelfth century, the enormous temple complex consists of an outer enclosure surrounded by a moat, with three further concentric rectangular enclosures inside it. The bas-reliefs featured in this book are carved on the walls of the third enclosure. Jaroslav Poncar has brilliantly captured the detail of these huge reliefs, measuring more than two meters in height and five hundred meters in overall length, using the high-precision technique of slit-scan photography. One hundred full-page panoramic photographs bring readers within the very walls of Angkor. Scenes from the great Indian epics, the Ramayana and Mahabharata are expansively explained and interpreted by Angkor expert Thomas S. Maxwell.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chiang Mai
Thailand
Publishing group
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
100 color illus.
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
815 gr
ISBN-13
978-974-9511-18-3 (9789749511183)
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Persons
Jaroslav Poncar is professor for photo engineering and media technology at the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne. He is currently in charge of photographic documentation of Angkor Wat as part of the UNESCO program for the preservation of Angkor.
Content
IntroductionCreation Out of Conflict: Vishnu at the Churning of the OceanThe Battle of Pragjyotisha: Vishnu-Krishna and the Army of NarakaThe Battle of Shonitapura: Vishnu-Krishna and the Asura BanaThe Tarakamaya War: Vishnu and the Asura KalanemiThe Battle of Lanka: Rama and RavanaThe Battle of Kurukshetra: Yudhishthira and SalyaKing Paramavishnuloka and the Apparatus of StateKing Yama and the Apparatus of DeathThe Four Sides: The Cosmic CycleAppendix 1: Slit-Scan-Technik at Angkor / Jaroslav PoncarAppendix 2: Asian Names and Terms / Thomas S. MaxwellAppendix 3: Sanskrit and Old Khmer Sources / Thomas S. MaxwellFootnotes and Bibliography / Thomas S. Maxwell