Английская Википедия:Henri Parmentier

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox scientist Henri Parmentier (Шаблон:Lang-fr) was a French architect, art historian and archaeologist.Шаблон:Sfn Parmentier became one of the first European specialists in the archaeology of Indochina.Шаблон:Sfn He has documented, depicted and preserved many Khmer, Cham and Lao monuments.

Early years

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Parmentier (left) and Carpeaux (center) in Đồng Dương.

Henri Ernest was born on 3 January 1870 in Paris; his father was a painter working in Lycée de Reims.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn In 1891 Parmentier entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts graduating in 1905 with a diploma in architecture.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn In 1896 he got employed by the colonial administration in Tunisia and over time he developed a profound interest in archaeology.Шаблон:Sfn During this period Parmentier created a detailed plan of the Шаблон:Ill in Dougga to assist with its restoration.Шаблон:Sfn This job was awarded with an honourable mention on the exhibition of Société des Artistes Français.Шаблон:Sfn In 1900 Parmentier joined archaeologist Henri Dufour and photograph Charles Carpeaux in the Archaeological mission in Indochina (later renamed École française d'Extrême-Orient, also known as EFEO).Шаблон:Sfn They went to Siam to study Angkor Wat that had been located on its territory.Шаблон:Sfn Khmer monuments were largely unknown to the Westerners and almost uncharted. Studying Khmer history became Parmentier's lifework.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1902—1905 Parmentier and Carpeaux studied, described, depicted and preserved Cham monuments in Vietnam: a buddhist temple complex Đồng Dương (1902), a Hindu temple complex Mỹ Sơn (1903—1904), the Шаблон:Ill temple (1905) -- the latter was studied by Parmentier alone.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The study made from the expedition trip to Đồng Dương was presented by Parmentier and Carpeaux at the Congress of the École française d'Extrême-Orient.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Parmentier studied the architecture of Java in order to compare it to Cham architectural styles.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

As a head of the École française d'Extrême-Orient

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The Bayon temple in Angkor.

In 1904 Parmentier was appointed the head of the archaeological department of the École; he stayed on this position for 28 years until 1932.Шаблон:Sfn Parmentier's duties included defining the main course of the École's work in Cambodia.Шаблон:Sfn In 1905 Henri married journalist and writer Jeanne Leuba who travelled with him and took a big part in the fieldwork.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Parmentier studied and conserved the Po Nagar Cham temple in 1906—1907.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn During his next expedition to Cambodia Parmentier depicted and restored Khmer monuments in Serei Saophoan, Battambang Province, Siem Reap Province and Angkor, with special attention to Bayon.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn From Cambodia he went to the South of Vietnam and took part in restoring the Po Klong Garai temple (1908).Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn In 1913—1914 Parmentier reorganised the museum of the École française d'Extrême-Orient.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn He visited Cambodia from time to time, documenting Angkor and Sambor Prei Kuk (1911); he also visited Kampong Thom city and Banteay Prey Nokor.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Parmentier studied Chinese tombs in Northern Vietnam in Bắc Ninh Province (Шаблон:Lang-vi), helped creating a permanent exhibition for the Museum of Cham Sculpture that was under construction in Da Nang—in 1936 the museum was renamed after him.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn He directed the École in 1918—1920.Шаблон:Sfn In 1920 Parmentier received an award for his book on Cham architecture.Шаблон:Sfn

Parmentier visited the ruins of the Lao temple complex Vat Phou,Шаблон:Sfn he paid special attention to Krol Roméas (Phnom Kulen plateau), Angkor and the Bayon temple in particular, which he helped reconstructing.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn His collaboration with Louis Finot and Шаблон:Ill on Banteay Srei, a Khmer temple complex, was published as a book in 1926.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

After retirement

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The Neak Pean temple before the cleanup

Parmentier retired in 1932 aged 62. He left his position at the École, received a title of the honorary head of the archaeological department and moved to Phnom Penh.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Despite being retired, Parmentier continued his fieldwork and his research working on a descriptive list of important monuments in Laos and a book titled "The Art of Laos" that he left unfinished.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn He had created a draft of a tourist guidebook on Angkor monuments, which was published posthumously.Шаблон:Sfn Parmentier died on 22 February 1949 in Phnom Penh.Шаблон:Sfn

Selected works

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