Angkor in Khmer Cartoons
How young Cambodian visual artists are re-exploring Angkorian designs and artistic codes.
Links Publications Dance and Drama on Cambodian Temples
A short survey on dance and drama reflected by Angkorean temples inscriptions, bas-reliefs and statuary.
Publications Dance as Devotion
Indic Influences on Dance as Devotion in Angkor
Links Devata.org
The goddesses and women of Angkor.Scholarly, artistic and literary musings in the realm of devatas and apsaras.
Photography Devatas & Apsaras at Ta Som
An impressive collection of devatas and apsaras graces the small temple of Ta Som, north-east of Angkor Thom.
Books Erotic Sculpture of India
The power-charged erotica of Indian iconography, or how "bringing beauty nearer" inspired Indian (and Khmer) sculptors.
Publications Étude de la distribution des apsaras "avec ou sans diademe" (Apsaras and their ornaments in Angkor Wat)
A thorough study of the female figures "inhabiting" Angkor Wat leads the author to novel considerations about the symbolic and...
Links German Apsara Conservation Project
The German Apsara Conservation Project (GACP) is a non-profit organisation initiated by the University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany, and...Publications Is Angkor Wat a 12th-century Facebook?
"They stand and stare like silent sentinels, sensuous rather than erotic, carved with elegance and care. But exactly who are...Books Khmer Costumes and Ornaments of the Devatas of Angkor Wat
The first recension of female sculpted representations in Angkor, a timeless study in "Khmer elegance".
Devata Khmer Devatas at Prasat Sikhopharum
Devatas are a distinctive element of this Khmer temple located in modern Thailand.
Books Lumieres d'Orient / Eastern Lights
From Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Madurai (South India) and Canton (Guanghzou), an inspiring travelogue towards Angkor, with a magnificient description, and...
Links Phalikan.com
Unconventional, passionate and stimulating revisitation of Angkorian bas-reliefs, with an emphasis on the female figures of the lost civilization, from...Publications Princess Buppha Devi, The First Royal Apsara
In 2010, Princess Norodom Buppha Devi agreed for the very first time to participate in a television series project about...
Films Princess Buppha Devi's Apsara Dance in 1966
The Apsara Dance re-created by Queen Kossamak and performed by her grand-daughter Princess Buppha Devi.
Photography Reading Apsara
Professional photographer Em Karuna came up with the idea of a present-day apsara in a library, and it fitted our...Publications Saramani, princesse et danseuse | Saramani, A Princess and A Dancer
Way before Princess Buppha Devi's reinvention of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia, a premonition of the "Apsara Princess" figure so...
Devata Ta Som Devata
The multiple female figures in a relatively small temple erected by Jayavarman VII
Films Temple Dance of Apsaras
A heartfelt and savant approach of Angkor by a Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer.
Books The Apsaras of Angkor / ទេពអប្សរនៃអង្គរ
On the first anniversary of H.R.H. Princess Norodom Buppha Devi's passing, we return to the splendid 'The Apsaras of Angkor'...
Publications The Legend of Apsara Mera
Detailed analysis of Princess Norodom Buppha Devi’s choreography for the Royal Ballet of Cambodia. Behind the dance compositions, a whole...Devata Thommanon Devatas near Victory Gate
Garments and hand gestures of devata (goddesses) as indicators for historians and archeologists.
Books Un pèlerin d'Angkor
One of the most inspired (and inspirational) travelogues on Angkor in the pioneering times.
Publications Une excursion au pays d'Angkor (Travel to the Land of Angkor)
A French traveler, Pierre Loti's close friend, recalls his visit to Angkor and Phnom Penh
Photography Visions of Angkor by....Germaine Krull
A major modernist photographer and globe-trotter captured several Angkor temples in 1960-1962.
Photography Visions of Angkor by...Kim Chhay
Photographic essays by famous or budding photographers. A forum for young and confirmed talents.
Photography Visions of Angkor by...Soeum Hoeung
Photographic essays by famous or budding photographers. A forum for young and confirmed talents.
Books នារីរបាំកម្ពុជា | សម័យចតុមុខ និងសម័យអង្គរ
First Khmer translation of George Groslier's 1913 essay: 'Cambodian Dancers, Ancient and Modern' (Danseuses cambodgiennes, anciennes et modernes).
Books ប្រភព និង ការវិវត្តន៍នៃគ្រឿងអលង្ការ ខ្មែរសម្រាប់ទេវតា និងមនុស្ស
Origins and Evolution of Khmer Jewelry for Angels and Human Beings