Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Angkor Wat [site]
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Accession Number:
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187858
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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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partialView
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View Title:
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Looking at library, left, within the third enclosure
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Date of View:
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2/21/2011
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Image description:
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Structures conventionally known as "libraries" are a common feature of Khmer temple architecture, but their true purpose remains unknown. Most likely they functioned broadly as religious shrines rather than strictly as repositories of manuscripts. Freestanding buildings, they were normally placed in pairs on either side of the entrance to an enclosure.
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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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Architecture; religious structures; temples
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Work Types:
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complexes; sites (locations); historic sites
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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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Suryavarman II
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Style/Period:
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Ankorean
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Classification:
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Architecture
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