"Devatas of the Shadows": the goddesses of Preah Khan
Sacred images of goddesses remain in the shadowed alcoves of Preah Khan temple.
Devata Books André Maire, Peintre Voyageur (The Traveling Artist)
Paintings and sketches by a prolific artist who visited Angkor starting from 1919.
Publications Angkor Vogue: Sculpted Evidence of Imported Luxury Textiles in the Courts of Kings and Temples
Where did the elegant dames and gents of the Khmer Empire source the textiles for their garments?
Publications Angkorian Founders and Bronze Casting Skills
First technical investigation of the West Mebon Viṣṇu
Themes Arts
Books Buddhapāda: In the Buddha's Footprints
A quest for Buddha's footprint artworks from India and Sri Lanka to China to Japan, South Korea, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos...
Publications Buddhist Art of Myanmar
Rich iconongraphy and historical background on Burmese Buddhist Art.
Links Cambodian Art at the MET, New York
The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art currently holds some 250 artworks from Ancient Cambodia.
Publications Carving at the Capital: A Stone Workshop at Hariharālaya, Angkor
The builders, stone types and building techniques behind the Angkorean temples.
Publications Commodifying Culture: Ownership of Cambodia’s Archaeological Heritage
The controversial matter of Khmer antiquities appropriation by private collectors and foreign museums.
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 Documents graphiques de la Conservation d'Angkor, 1963-1973
Guardian of artistic treasures from the Khmer Temples, the Angkor Conservation also produced and stored detailed blue prints and archaeological...
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...
Photography Five Ancient Khmer Art Pieces returned to Cambodia, September 2021
The first five statues and artwork from the Latchford Collection shipped back to Cambodia
Publications From “Originals” to Replicas: Diverse Significance of Khmer Statues
How Hindu or other objects of earlier periods have been worshipped as neak tā by the communities living nearby the...
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...Books Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad
Back to the intellectual and aesthetical origins of Hindu architecture and its Southeast Asian derivatives, particularly in the Khmer tradition.
Devata Khmer Devatas at Prasat Sikhopharum
Devatas are a distinctive element of this Khmer temple located in modern Thailand.
Publications Khmer Stone Sculptures: A Collection Seen from a Material Point of View
A scientific analysis of the stone sculptures kept at the controversial MET collection of Khmer art.
Books L'Annam et le Cambodge, Voyages et récits historiques
With a map of "Indochina", an expanded version of Pere Bouillevaux's 1858 book.
Publications L'expression de la sensibilité dans l'art khmer/ Expressing Feelings in Khmer Ancient Arts
"Harmony, gentleness and endearment" in Khmer statuary and sculptural art.
Publications Le Cambodge
Seminal essay on Cambodia, the land, its people and its history. Then director of the Ecole Coloniale, Etienne Aymonier was...Publications Le procédé des emprunts aux styles passés dans l'art khmer
The alternance of "bright" and "dull" periods in Khmer sculptuary art.
Books Les gens d'Angkor (The People of Angkor)
Heartfelt portraits of Cambodian people living within the Angkorian territory in the 1990s.
Books Looting in Angkor | Pillage a Angkor
25 years after its publication, still a reference in the effort for tracing and retrieving looted Khmer arts.
Publications Matching Statues and Pedestals
Truncated feet, arms and heads -- the sad pattern of looted artefacts worldwide. A study in sculptuarry art restoration challenges.
Films Nectar in Stone | The India-Cambodia Artistic Connection
An Indian TV film devoted to Indian-Cambodian connection in visual arts
Publications Protecting the Protector of Phimai
Were the builders of Phimai following a "visual narrative program"?
Books Recherches sur les Cambodgiens
George Groslier's encyclopaedia-like sum on the Ancient Khmer civilization, "d'après les textes et les monuments depuis les premiers siècles de...
Publications Serpents in Angkor, Apotheosis of a Decorative Motif
The Ananta serpent of Hindi origin and the Khmer Naga motifs in Angkorian sculptures and ornaments.
Books Studies on the Art of Ancient Cambodia
Ten articles by Jean Boissellier translated from the French offer a comprehensive and stimulating vision on Khmer statuary, its regional...Books Tendances de l'Art Khmer | Trends in Khmer Art
'Commentaries on 24 Masterpieces at the National Museum of Phnom Penh'.
Publications The (Murky) Origin of the Tokyo National Museum Collection of Khmer Art
Ancient Khmer sculptures as "political gifting": the controversial case of cultural exchanges between Colonial France and Imperial Japan during World...
Publications The Origins of the Sukhodaya (Sukhot'ai) Art
A well-balanced study on cultural and artistic exchanges around ancient Southeast Asia, summarizing the author's original view on the Indianization...
Archimages The Sculptors
Sculptures, bas-reliefs, frescoes, through archives and publications during Angkor's rediscovery.
Devata Thommanon Devatas near Victory Gate
Garments and hand gestures of devata (goddesses) as indicators for historians and archeologists.
Publications Two Yoginis of Hevajra from Thailand
Two female dancers statuettes discovered in the 1950s and what they tell us about Khmer art and religion, Tantric Buddhism...
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
Publications Хмерское искуство / Khmer Art
The first major study on Khmer arts and culture in the Russian language.