27 März 800 Jahr - Angkor, the temple of Angkor Wat, and the city of Angkor Thom

Beschreibung:

Date: 800 CE - 1400 CE

Artist: unkown

Medium: stone masonry, sandstone

Location: Cambodia

Function:
- capital of medieval Cambodia built by Suryavarman II
- Dedicated to Vishnu, most sculptures represent Vishnu's incarnations
- kings often identified themselves with the gods they installed
- built by successive kings installing various deities in the complex

Form:
- Main pyramid is surrounded by four corner towers; temple-mountain
- Corbelled gallery roofs
- Horror vacui of sculptural reliefs
- sculpture in rhythmic dance pose; repetition of shapes
- has mixed Buddhist and Hindu character
- Indian corbelled writing influences
- mountain-like towers represents the five peaks of Mount Meru

Comparison:
- Versailles Garden
- Kusama, Narcissus Garden
- Alhambra

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