Angkorian Scenes
Daily life in the temples, prayers, blessings: as a spiritual and cultural center, Angkor was never really 'abandoned'.
Archimages
Since the 1990s, librarian Jean-Jacques Donard and photographer Philippe Bataillard have been identifying, collecting, digitizing in high resolution and labeling some 40,000 iconographic documents around South East Asia. National archives, private collections, published yet hard-to-find art and history books, have been thoroughly reviewed and digitized with utmost care in order to keep the memory alive
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The Sculptors
Sculptures, bas-reliefs, frescoes, through archives and publications during Angkor's rediscovery.
Artist's Impressions
The Rebirth of Angkor
Explorers, archeological campaigns, first rebuilding efforts in late 19th century and several decades of the 20th century.
Khmer Influence in Faraway Lands
In modern Laos and Thailand, Khmer art of building and sculpting is still highly visible
Angkorian Perspectives
From early attempts to capture the scope of large buildings up to the first aerial photos of Angkor.
Angkor Replicas
For these gigantic replicas, French powers-that-be recruited the best architects and craftsmen. However, ideological self-celebration primed over accuracy.
Angkor Plans, Maps, Sketches
The mapping of Angkor Archeological Site in early modern era
The Builders
Architectural achievements in Angkor and Angkorian temples