COLLECTION NAME:
Design Library Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
NCSULIB~1~1
Design Library Image Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
187868
imageid
187868
Accession Number
false
Order Title:
Archivision Addition Module SEVEN--6,160 images
orderdescription
Archivision Addition Module SEVEN--6,160 images
Order Title
false
Type of View:
generalView
imagetitletype
generalView
Type of View
false
View Title:
Raking view down north wing of the west gallery (third enclosure) with corbel arches; relief of Battle of Lanka is so shallow it disappears
imagetitle
Raking view down north wing of the west gallery (third enclosure) with corbel arches; relief of Battle of Lanka is so shallow it disappears
View Title
false
Date of View:
2/21/2011
imagedate
2/21/2011
Date of View
false
Image description:
This use of very shallow relief was clearly intended to ensure that the restless, whirling figures of the frieze would not disturb the clear lines of the architecture. They are only visible to someone looking directly at them, and anyone gazing down the long vista of the gallery is not distracted.
imagedescription
This use of very shallow relief was clearly intended to ensure that the restless, whirling figures of the frieze would not disturb the clear lines of the architecture. They are only visible to someone looking directly at them, and anyone gazing down the long vista of the gallery is not distracted.
Image description
false
Image Rights:
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
imagerights
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image Rights
false
Source Institution:
Archivision, Inc.
sourceinstitution
Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution
false
Collection:
Addition Module SEVEN
collection
Addition Module SEVEN
Collection
false
Culture:
Cambodian
culture
Cambodian
Culture
false
Work Types:
Architecture; religious structures; temples
worktypes
Architecture; religious structures; temples
Work Types
false
Work Types:
complexes; sites (locations); historic sites
worktypes
complexes; sites (locations); historic sites
Work Types
false
Preferred Title:
Angkor Wat [site]
worktitle
Angkor Wat [site]
Preferred Title
false
Agent Display:
Unknown (Cambodian)
workagentdisplay
Unknown (Cambodian)
Agent Display
false
Date:
ca. 1113-1177 (creation)
workdatedisplay
ca. 1113-1177 (creation)
Date
false
Materials:
sandstone; brick; laterite
workmaterialdisplay
sandstone; brick; laterite
Materials
false
Technique:
carving (processes)
worktechniquedisplay
carving (processes)
Technique
false
Measurement:
4.5 m (height, outer wall) x 802 m (width, outer wall) x 1024 m (length, outer wall)
measurementdisplay
4.5 m (height, outer wall) x 802 m (width, outer wall) x 1024 m (length, outer wall)
Measurement
false
Alternate Title:
Prasat Angkor Wat
titletext
Prasat Angkor Wat
Alternate Title
false
Alternate Title:
Angkor Vat
titletext
Angkor Vat
Alternate Title
false
Locations:
Angkor Wat, Si¿m R¿ab , Cambodia
locations
Angkor Wat, Si¿m R¿ab , Cambodia
Locations
false
Location Type:
(site)
locationtype
(site)
Location Type
false
Style/Period:
Suryavarman II
styleperiod
Suryavarman II
Style/Period
false
Style/Period:
Ankorean
styleperiod
Ankorean
Style/Period
false
Classification:
Architecture
classificationterm
Architecture
Classification
false