Royal bronzes : Cambodian art of the divine /
"Angkor, former capital of the Khmer Empire, has conserved from its glorious past monumental vestiges of incomparable beauty. But today, few remember that those sanctuaries were once populated by divinities and diverse cultic objects cast in precious metals. The subtle alloy of bronze gave birt...
| Uniform Title: | Bronzes royaux d'Angkor. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis, Minnesota :
Minneapolis Institute of Art : Jim Bindas, Books & Projects LLC,
[2025]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Pierre Baptiste, David Bourgarit, Brice Vincent, and Thierry Zéphir
- Beginnings : from the bronze age to the pre-Angkorian period ; Sources of Copper / Sébastien Clovet, Brice Vincent, David Bourgarit, and Pierre Rostan ; The protohistoric origins of copper metallurgy / Brice Vincent, Clémence Le Meur, and Seng Sonetra ; Casting divine images : early Buddhist and Hindu bronzes / Stephen A. Murphy, David Bourgarit, and Donna Strahan ; Phnom Bayang : Shiva's hill and the treasures of the god / Chloe Chollet, Brice Vincent, and Chea Socheat
- Casting for the king ; Metals in the Khmer epigraphic sources / Dominic Goodall, Chloe Chollet, and Hun Chhunteng ; The royal foundry of Angkor : a closer look at the artisans and their techniques / Brice Vincent, David Bourgarit, Meas Sreyneath, and Eng Tola ; Copper, bronze, and other alloys in Angkorian Cambodia / David Bourgarit and Brice Vincent
- Honoring the gods ; Bronze statuary in Khmer Art : prolegomena / Pierre Baptiste ; Brahmins and Hinduism in ancient Cambodia / Éric Bourdonneau and Dominic Goodall ; The Cambodian prosperity of the Buddha on the Naga / Louise Roche ; The rediscovered life of the temples : cultic utensils and prestige possessions / Dominique Soutif, Meas Sreyneath, and Pierre Baptiste ; The temples' rediscovered decorations : ornamental coppers and bronzes / Sébastien Clouet and Meas Sreyneath
- New worlds, new places, new faith ; The "Angkorean" myth of the Khmer kings (13th-20th Centuries), or a permanent Indianization / Grégory Mikaelian ; Samrit and early modern Cambodia / Martin Polkinghorne ; From palace artisans to contemporary workshops / Gabrielle Abbe and Huot Samnang
- The West Mebon Vishnu : chronicle of a Renaissance ; The statue and the temple-island : an ancient narrative and new Data / Olivier Cunin, Pierre Baptiste, and Brice Vincent ; The awakening of a giant and the world's rebirth : a creation myth revived in the 11th century / Pierre Baptiste and Thierry Zéphir ; A technical tour de force in terms of examination and analysis / David Bourgarit and Brice Vincent ; Preservation and restoration of a masterpiece of Khmer art / Von Noeun, Jane Échinard, Stéphane Lemoine, and Loretta Rossetti.