Third enclosure, south gallery, east wing, Three Worlds frieze; raking view showing shallow reliefs disappearing, not detracting from the architecture
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Third enclosure, south gallery, east wing, Three Worlds frieze; raking view showing shallow reliefs disappearing, not detracting from the architecture
Image View
Creator:
unknown (Cambodian)
Agent_Display
unknown (Cambodian)
Creator
Location:
site: Angkor Wat, Si?m Réab, Cambodia
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
site: Angkor Wat, Si?m Réab, Cambodia
Location
Location Note:
Siem Reap (near); located about one mile south of Angkor (deserted settlement)
Work_LocationNotes
Siem Reap (near); located about one mile south of Angkor (deserted settlement)
Location Note
GPS:
13.4125 103.866667
GPS
13.4125 103.866667
GPS
Date:
ca. 1113-1177 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
ca. 1113-1177 (creation)
Date
Cultural Context:
Cambodian
Work_Culture
Cambodian
Cultural Context
Style Period:
Angkorean; Suryavarman II
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Angkorean; Suryavarman II
Style Period
Work Type 1:
historic site
Work_Worktype1
historic site
Work Type 1
Work Type 2:
temple
Work_Worktype2
temple
Work Type 2
Classification:
architecture
Work_Classification
architecture
Classification
Material:
sandstone; brick; laterite
Work_MaterialDisplay
sandstone; brick; laterite
Material
Technique:
carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Work_Technique
carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Technique
Measurements:
4.5 m (height, outer wall) x 802 m (width, outer wall) x 1024 m (length, outer wall)
Work_MeasurementDisp lay
4.5 m (height, outer wall) x 802 m (width, outer wall) x 1024 m (length, outer wall)
Measurements
Description:
Angkor Wat is a Hindu temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and part of his capital city. (The Angkorian period dates 802-1432). As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation--first Hindu, dedicated to the god Vishnu, then Buddhist. Angkor Wat combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture: the temple mountain and the later galleried temple, based on early South Indian Hindu architecture. It is designed to represent Mount Meru, home of the devas in Hindu mythology: within a moat and an outer wall 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) long are three rectangular galleries, each raised above the next. At the centre of the temple stands a quincunx of towers. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Angkor Wat is oriented to the west (because of its original dedication to Vishnu). The lower gallery (third enclosure) of the temple precinct, barely 5 m wide, is bordered on the outside by a double row of columns. On the inside, however, is a stone wall on which the reliefs are carved running round the entire temple complex. They are about 2 m high and more than 500 m long and cover an area of well over 1000 sq. m. The relief is so shallow that they have been described as "frescoes in stone", and originally they may indeed have been partly painted. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Angkor Wat is a Hindu temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and part of his capital city. (The Angkorian period dates 802-1432). As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation--first Hindu, dedicated to the god Vishnu, then Buddhist. Angkor Wat combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture: the temple mountain and the later galleried temple, based on early South Indian Hindu architecture. It is designed to represent Mount Meru, home of the devas in Hindu mythology: within a moat and an outer wall 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) long are three rectangular galleries, each raised above the next. At the centre of the temple stands a quincunx of towers. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Angkor Wat is oriented to the west (because of its original dedication to Vishnu). The lower gallery (third enclosure) of the temple precinct, barely 5 m wide, is bordered on the outside by a double row of columns. On the inside, however, is a stone wall on which the reliefs are carved running round the entire temple complex. They are about 2 m high and more than 500 m long and cover an area of well over 1000 sq. m. The relief is so shallow that they have been described as "frescoes in stone", and originally they may indeed have been partly painted. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Description
Image Description:
In the east wing of the south gallery of the third (outer) enclosure, a frieze 66 m long shows the dead marching to the court of Yama, the god of death, and their subsequent sojourns in heaven and hell (with earth, the three worlds).
Image_Description
In the east wing of the south gallery of the third (outer) enclosure, a frieze 66 m long shows the dead marching to the court of Yama, the god of death, and their subsequent sojourns in heaven and hell (with earth, the three worlds).
