Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Angkor Wat [site]
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Accession Number:
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187870
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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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R¿m¿ya¿a, Battle of Lanka frieze; animal-headed soldier bites a Lanka soldier
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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 dramatic climax of the R¿m¿ya¿a is shown on a frieze 54 m long in the north wing of the west gallery. Rama and his brother Lakshmana fight, with the help of the army of monkeys and bears, against the demon ruler of Lanka, Ravana and his army, to free the abducted Sita.
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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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