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Angkor Wat: Time, Space, and Kingship - Couverture rigide

Mannikka, Eleanor

 
9780824817206: Angkor Wat: Time, Space, and Kingship
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0824817206 ISBN 13 : 9780824817206
Editeur : University of Hawai'i Press, 1998

Synopsis

Bringing the principles of 12th-century Khmer temple architecture to the modern world, this text finds that the key to understanding the temple lies in the measurement system used by its original builders. By translating metres into cubits, the author uncovered a highly sophisticated system of philosophical and religious principles expressed in the temple measurements themselves. The measurements connect the temple to the stars and the cosmos, bridge the gap between human and divine realms, help unite the king and his deity - in short, they define how time, space, kingship and divinity exist inseparably from each other.

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Éditeur
University of Hawai'i Press
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0824817206
ISBN 13 
9780824817206
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
360
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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