Reconstructing God: Style, Hydraulics, Political Power and Angkor's West Mebon Visnu - Couverture rigide

Feneley, Marnie

 
9789813250536: Reconstructing God: Style, Hydraulics, Political Power and Angkor's West Mebon Visnu
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9813250534 ISBN 13 : 9789813250536
Editeur : NUS Press, 2023

Synopsis

A fully illustrated archaeological and art historical analysis of one of the most important artworks of Angkor, rewriting the chronology of the royal capital.

In December 1936, a villager was led by a dream to the ruins of the West Mebon shrine in Angkor where he uncovered remains of a bronze sculpture. This was the West Mebon Visnu, the largest bronze remaining from pre-modern Southeast Asia, and a work of great artistic, historical, and political significance. Prominently placed in an island temple in the middle of the vast artificial reservoir, the West Mebon Visnu sculpture was an important focal point of the Angkorian hydraulic network. Interpretations of the statue, its setting, date, and role have remained largely unchanged since the 1960s--until now. Integrating the latest archaeological and historical work on Angkor, extensive art historical analysis of the figure of Visnu Anantasayin in Hindu-Buddhist art across the region, and a detailed digital reconstruction of the sculpture and its setting, Marnie Feneley brings new light to this important piece. Highly illustrated, the book will be of interest to art historians and curators, historians of Southeast Asia, and anyone curious about the art and history of Angkor.

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À propos de l?auteur

Marnie Feneley is an accomplished scholar, with 20 years of experience in academia, museums and galleries in Australia and Southeast Asia. She specialises in the nexus between Southeast Asian art history, archaeology and religion. She has researched and co-curated many exhibitions, including the "Atlas of Maritime Buddhism" and "Buddhist Artworks" (Hong Kong, 2021), pioneering 3D immersive reconstructions of Asian temples and sculptures.

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Éditeur
NUS Press
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9813250534
ISBN 13 
9789813250536
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
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