Angkor: An Introduction
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Fold-out map intact.
Rising from the jungles of Cambodia, the temples of Angkor stand as one of humanity's most breathtaking architectural achievements — and Angkor: An Introduction presents the most authoritative scholarly guide to this lost world ever written. Renowned French epigrapher and historian George Cœdès, whose decades of fieldwork and linguistic mastery of ancient Khmer made him the foremost authority on Southeast Asian civilisations, chronicles the rise and fall of the Khmer Empire with rare precision and elegance. Translated and edited by Emily Floyd Gardiner and accompanied by photographs from George Bliss, this concise yet comprehensive volume illuminates the religious, political, and artistic forces that drove the construction of Angkor Wat, the Bayon, and the sprawling city of Angkor Thom. Cœdès argues that Angkor was not merely a capital city but a sacred cosmological statement — a civilisation's attempt to replicate the heavens on earth — and his analysis of Sanskrit inscriptions and iconographic programmes gives the reader unparalleled insight into the Devarāja cult and the divine kingship that sustained the empire for centuries. His prose is precise and measured, befitting the scholar-diplomat he was, yet never loses sight of the human drama embedded in stone. Published by Oxford University Press in 1963, this landmark work remains the essential starting point for anyone seeking to understand one of the ancient world's greatest mysteries — a civilisation that vanished, leaving only its monuments to speak.
Author: George Cœdès
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, Oxford University Press
Genre: Asian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Fold-out map intact.
Rising from the jungles of Cambodia, the temples of Angkor stand as one of humanity's most breathtaking architectural achievements — and Angkor: An Introduction presents the most authoritative scholarly guide to this lost world ever written. Renowned French epigrapher and historian George Cœdès, whose decades of fieldwork and linguistic mastery of ancient Khmer made him the foremost authority on Southeast Asian civilisations, chronicles the rise and fall of the Khmer Empire with rare precision and elegance. Translated and edited by Emily Floyd Gardiner and accompanied by photographs from George Bliss, this concise yet comprehensive volume illuminates the religious, political, and artistic forces that drove the construction of Angkor Wat, the Bayon, and the sprawling city of Angkor Thom. Cœdès argues that Angkor was not merely a capital city but a sacred cosmological statement — a civilisation's attempt to replicate the heavens on earth — and his analysis of Sanskrit inscriptions and iconographic programmes gives the reader unparalleled insight into the Devarāja cult and the divine kingship that sustained the empire for centuries. His prose is precise and measured, befitting the scholar-diplomat he was, yet never loses sight of the human drama embedded in stone. Published by Oxford University Press in 1963, this landmark work remains the essential starting point for anyone seeking to understand one of the ancient world's greatest mysteries — a civilisation that vanished, leaving only its monuments to speak.