Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Angkor Wat [site]
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Accession Number:
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187828
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module SEVEN--6,160 images
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Type of View:
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generalView
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View Title:
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Central shrine structure, the quincunx of towers (three visible) and shrouding covering restoration work, northwest gopura at left
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Date of View:
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2/21/2011
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Image description:
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The five central towers represent the five peaks of Mount Meru.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module SEVEN
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Culture:
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Cambodian
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Work Types:
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complexes; sites (locations); historic sites
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Work Types:
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Architecture; religious structures; temples
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Preferred Title:
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Angkor Wat [site]
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Agent Display:
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Unknown (Cambodian)
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Date:
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ca. 1113-1177 (creation)
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Materials:
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sandstone; brick; laterite
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurement:
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4.5 m (height, outer wall) x 802 m (width, outer wall) x 1024 m (length, outer wall)
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Alternate Title:
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Prasat Angkor Wat
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Alternate Title:
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Angkor Vat
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Locations:
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Angkor Wat, Si¿m R¿ab , Cambodia
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Ankorean
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Style/Period:
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Suryavarman II
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Classification:
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Architecture
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