Angkor: The Hidden Glories - Hardcover

Freeman, Michael; Warner, Roger; Larkin, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395537576 ISBN 13: 9780395537572

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1990

Synopsis

Closed to visitors for almost twenty years, the ancient city of Angkor, which lies hidden in the jungles of Cambodia, is revealed by a photographer and a journalist

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Built more than a thousand years ago by rulers of the Khmer empire, the ancient city of Angkor in Cambodia (now Kampuchea) is home to the world's largest religious edifice, Angkor Wat. Its highly decorated stone towers seem to drip down from the heavens; its myriad images drawn from Hindu mythology include graceful apsaras --celestial dancers--which a French scholar called "the highest expression of femininity ever conceived by the human mind." From a three-week visit in Kampuchea in 1989, photographer-writer Freeman and journalist Warner have produced an invaluable, breathtakingly beautiful record of Angkor Wat and its outlying temples, many badly deteriorated due to neglect and the ravages of civil war. Hundreds of glorious color photographs and drawings complement their informal yet information-packed essay. Among the many wonders shown are the pyramid temple of Phimeanakas and the Bayon, a Buddhist temple of 52 towers strewn with enormous stone faces wearing enigmatic expressions. Author tour.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Imperiled by war and the encroaching jungle, the complex of Hindu and Buddhist structures at Angkor in Kampuchea, one of the world's greatest concentrations of religious monuments, has been rumored to be in danger of imminent destruction for more than 20 years. Writer Freeman and photographer Warner, by recording what remains there, have created a book of historical significance notable for its beautiful photographs. The accompanying text traces the long history of the site, details its investigation by Westerners, and discusses the socioreligious role of Angkor in Cambodian history. We may never see this city's like again. Highly recommended.
- Eugene C. Burt, Seattle
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395537576
• ISBN 13: 9780395537572
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256