Английская Википедия:Angkor: Heart of an Asian Empire
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Angkor: Heart of an Asian Empire (Шаблон:Lang-fr) is a 1989 illustrated monograph on the archaeology and rediscovery of Angkor Wat. Written by the French archaeologist and art historian, Bruno Dagens, and published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard as the Шаблон:Ordinal volume in their "Découvertes" collection[1] (known as "Abrams Discoveries" in the United States, and "New Horizons" in the United Kingdom). The book was adapted into a documentary film with the same title in 2002.[2]
Introduction
As part of the Шаблон:Lang series in the "Découvertes Gallimard" collection, Шаблон:Lang covers the rediscovery of Angkor Wat and the study of archaeological sites, objects, and documents found in the site, but not its history.
According to the tradition of "Découvertes", which is based on abundant pictorial documentation and a way of bringing together visual documents and texts, enhanced by printing on coated paper, as commented in L'Express, "genuine monographs, published like art books.[3]
Here the author chronologically traces the whole history of the rediscovery of Angkor Wat—once the capital of the Khmer Empire—by people from all over the world, mainly European discoveries and explorations,[4] for instance, Henri Mouhot, Doudart de Lagrée, Louis Delaporte, Francis Garnier, Henri Marchal, among others.
Contents
Шаблон:Align The book opens with a "trailer" (Шаблон:Pp.), that is, a series of full-page watercolors made by the 19th-century French archaeologist and explorer Шаблон:Ill. The body text is divided into six chapters:
- Chapter I: "Discovery? Is That the Word?" (Шаблон:Pp.);
- Chapter II: "The 'Discoverer'" (Шаблон:Pp.);
- Chapter III: "Exploration" (Шаблон:Pp.);
- Chapter IV: "The Last of the Explorers" (Шаблон:Pp.);
- Chapter V: "Angkor Reinstated" (Шаблон:Pp.);
- Chapter VI: "Angkor, the Glory of a Nation" (Шаблон:Pp.).
The second part of the book, the "Documents", containing a compilation of excerpts divided into five parts:
- The Journey to Angkor (Шаблон:Pp.);
- Cosmic Symbolism (Шаблон:Pp.);
- Chronology (Шаблон:Pp.);
- Restoration and Anastylosis (Шаблон:Pp.);
- Tourists in Angkor (Шаблон:Pp.).
- Further Reading (Шаблон:P.);
- List of Illustrations (Шаблон:Pp.);
- Index (Шаблон:Pp.).
Reception
This book has been given an average score of 3.83 stars out of 5 on both Goodreads and Book Depository by its users.[5][6] It has been given a 4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon by its customers.[7]
Adaptation
In 2002, the book was adapted into an documentary film of the same name. A co-production between La Sept-Arte and Trans Europe Film, with the collaboration of Éditions Gallimard, the film was directed by Jean-Claude Lubtchansky, with voice-over narration by French actors Serge Avédikian and Шаблон:Ill. It was broadcast on Arte as part of the television program The Human Adventure.[8] and dubbed into German by the title Шаблон:Lang.[9] According to a Шаблон:Lang, the documentary is also available in English.[10]Шаблон:Sup However, it is unclear whether the film is available with dubbing or subtitling.[10]Шаблон:Sup [11]
See also
- Khmer architecture
- Buddhism in Cambodia
- Hinduism in Cambodia
- In the "Découvertes Gallimard" collection:
References
External links
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