Of gods, kings, and men : the reliefs of Angkor Wat /

Of gods, kings, and men : the reliefs of Angkor Wat /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Maxwell, T. S.
Imprint:	Chiang Mai, Thailand : Silkworm Books, 2006.
Description:	192 p. : chiefly col. ill., plans ; 16 x 28 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Angkor Wat (Angkor) -- Pictorial works. Angkor Wat (Angkor) Bas-relief -- Cambodia -- Angkor (Extinct city) Relief (Sculpture), Khmer -- Cambodia. Temples, Khmer -- Cambodia -- Angkor (Extinct city) Bas-relief -- Cambodia -- Angkor (Extinct city) -- Pictorial works. Relief (Sculpture), Khmer -- Cambodia -- Pictorial works. Temples, Khmer -- Cambodia -- Angkor (Extinct city) -- Pictorial works. Bas-relief. Relief (Sculpture), Khmer. Temples, Khmer. Angkor (Extinct city) -- Pictorial works. Cambodia. Cambodia -- Angkor (Extinct city) Illustrated works. Pictorial works.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6830553

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Other authors / contributors:	Poncar, Jaroslav.
ISBN:	9789749511183 9749511182
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-191).
Other form:	Online version: Maxwell, T. S. Of gods, kings, and men. Chiang Mai, Thailand : Silkworm Books, 2006

Description
Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	192 p. : chiefly col. ill., plans ; 16 x 28 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-191).
ISBN:	9789749511183 9749511182