xxxii, 381 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Note
Exhibition catalog.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-371) and index.
Contents
Cambodia from its beginnings / Maud Girard-Geslan -- Ancient Cambodia: a historical glimpse / Albert Le Bonheur -- Changing perspectives: Cambodia after Angkor / Ashley Thompson -- The religions of ancient Cambodia / Kamaleswar Bhattacharya -- Khmer epigraphy / Saveros Pou -- Nandin and his avatars / Ang Chouléan -- The figure of Hevajra and tantric Buddhism / Wibke Lobo -- The triumphs and perils of Khmer architecture: a structural analysis of the monuments of Angkor / John Sanday -- Khmer hydraulics / Jacques Dumarçay -- Temple-mountains and the Devarāja cult / Helen Ibbitson Jessup -- The meaning of Angkor Thom / Jean Boisselier -- The marvel of Banteay Srei / Thierry Zéphir -- Introduction to Khmer sculpture: general remarks / Thierry Zéphir.