Titre et auteur:

Bayon : new perspectives / editor: Joyce Clark ; contributors : Ang Choulean [and eight others].

Publication:

Bangkok : River Books, 2007.
[Woodbridge, Suffolk, England] : Distributed in North America by ACC Distribution

Description:

ix, 403 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Some essays translated from the French.
Includes glossaries of Sanskrit, Vietnamese and Cham, and Khmer terms.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-389) and index.
Editor's preface / Joyce Clark -- Foreword / Hiram Woodward -- Introduction / Michael Vickery -- The historical development of Khmer culture from the death of Sūryavarman II to the 16th century / Claude Jacques -- The confrontation of the Khmers and Chams in the Bayon period / Anne-Valérie Schweyer -- Religion at the time of Jayavarman VII / TS Maxwell -- The short inscriptions of the Bayon and contemporary temples / TS Maxwell -- The Bayon : an archaeological and architectural study / Olivier Cunin -- The mystery of the face towers / Peter D Sharrock -- Reliefs of the Bayon / Vittorio Roveda -- In the beginning was the Bayon / Ang Choulean.

Résumé:

"Brings together for the first time leading scholars whose findings and insights challenge, not always in consensus, many of the earlier interpretations of the Bayon's art, architecture and inscriptions"--Jacket.

ISBN:

9789749863473 (hbk.)
974986347X (hbk.)

Sujet:

Bayon (Angkor Thom)
Bayon (Angkor)
Temples, Khmer Cambodia Angkor (Extinct city)
Temples khmers Cambodge Angkor (Ville ancienne)
Antiquities
Temples, Khmer
Angkor (Extinct city)
Cambodia Antiquities.
Angkor (Ville ancienne)
Cambodia
Cambodia Angkor (Extinct city)
Bayon at Angkor Thom.
Angkor.

Vedettes secondaires:

Clark, Joyce, editor.
ʻĀṃng Jūlān, 1949-
Woodward, Hiram W., writer of foreword.
Vickery, Michael, writer of introduction.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 253946
Cote: BIB 183766
Statut: Disponible