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Heaven and Empire. Khmer Bronzes from the 9th to the 15th Centuries.
ZEFFERYS, MARLENE L., NICHOLAS S. ZEFFERYS AND JEFFREY STONE. Stock ID: 51099 98 colour photographic plates, black and white illustrations, xiv + 142pp, glossary, bibliography, paperback. Quarto. This book features some of the world's finest examples of the art of the lost wax method of bronze casting. The text features bronzes from the collection of the Phnom Penh Royal Museum of Fine Art, The National Museum of Bangkok, The National Museum Phimai, and from private collections, many never before published. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 51099) ... more |
AU$70.95 |
| Monuments of Civilization. Ancient Cambodia.
MAZZEO, DONATELLA AND CHIARA SILVI ANTONINI. Stock ID: 130000 Foreword by Han Suyin. Maps, colour photographic illustrations, black and white line illustrations, 192pp, index, some wear and browning to dustjacket edges, small area of chipping with loss at top edge of dustjacket, some foxing to reverse of dustjacket, light foxing to endpapers and outermost leaves, a good copy. Quarto. The scope of Khmer civilisation, is revealed here in lively text magnificently complemented by 111 full-colour photographs, all taken especially for this volume. The views range from panoramic aerial pictures to close-ups of architectural details, including many works in museums rarely visited. The 'monuments' of Cambodia are interpreted in the broadest sense to that the book includes and anthology of translations from Khmer, Sanskrit, Chinese and other texts, and an essay. Other features are plans of monuments and sites; maps and drawings; a chronological chart; recommended further reading; and a list of museums in the United Kingdom and North America containing art and artefacts from the Khmer civilisation. From Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 130000) ... more |
AU$35.00 |
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Gods of Angkor. Bronzes from the National Museum of Cambodia.
CORT., LOUISE ALLISON AND PAUL JETT (EDITED BY). Stock ID: 132786 Maps, colour photographic illustrations, glossary, notes, paperback. Gods of Angkor: Bronzes from the National Museum of Cambodia celebrates the accomplishments of Khmer bronze casters and their perfection of skill and aesthetic expression over nearly two millennia. A key focus of the book and exhibition is the museum?s Metals Conservation Laboratory, which was designed and equipped with guidance from the Freer and Sackler Galleries? Department of Conservation and Scientific Research. Highlights include the first project to be undertaken by the new laboratory?the treatment of an important cache of seven early Buddhist bronze images, including two works from China, that vividly represent the interactions of artistic styles and religious traditions in Cambodia in the sixth and seventh centuries. Discovered in 2006, the seven newly conserved images will be presented outside Cambodia for the first time in the Gods of Angkor exhibition. Contents Foreword by Hab Touch, Director, National Museum of Cambodia Foreword by Julian Raby, Director, Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Acknowledgments Sponsors Map Bronze Drums, Urns, and Bells in the Early Metal Age of Southeast Asia / Ian C. Glover Bronze Sculptures of Ancient Cambodia / Hiram Woodward A Technical Study of the Kompong Cham Figure Group / Paul Jett Angkorian Metalwork in the Temple Setting: Icons, Architectural Adornment, and Ritual Paraphernalia / John Guy Illustrated exhibition checklist Endnotes Suggested reading Glossary List of contributors Photo credits (When referring to this item please quote stockid 132786) ... more |
AU$87.95 |
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Phantasmatic Indochina French Colonial Ideology in Architecture, Film and Literature
NORINDR, PANIVONG Stock ID: 136222 Frontispiece, 205pp, index, very good paperback copy. This reflection on colonial culture argues for an examination of 'Indochina' as a fictive and mythic construct, a phantasmatic legacy of French colonialism in Southeast Asia. Panivong Norindr uses postcolonial theory to demonstrate how French imperialism manifests itself not only through physical domination of geographic entities, but also through the colonization of the imaginary. In this careful reading of architecture, film, and literature, Norindr lays bare the processes of fantasy, desire, and nostalgia constituent of French territorial aggression against Indochina. Analyzing the first Exposition Coloniale Internationale, held in Paris in 1931, Norindr shows how the exhibition's display of architecture gave a vision to the colonies that justified France's cultural prejudices, while stimulating the desire for further expansionism. He critiques the Surrealist counter-exposition mounted to oppose the imperialist aims of the Exposition Coloniale, and the Surrealist incorporation and appropriation of native artifacts in avant-garde works. According to Norindr, all serious attempts at interrogating French colonial involvement in Southeast Asia are threatened by discourse, images, representations, and myths that perpetuate the luminous aura of Indochina as a place of erotic fantasies and exotic adventures.Exploring the resilience of French nostalgia for Indochina in books and movies, the author examines work by Malraux, Duras, and Claudel, and the films "Indochine", "The Lover", and "Dien Bien Phu". Certain to impact across a range of disciplines, "Phantasmatic Indochina" will be of interest to those engaged in the study of the culture and history of Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos, as well as specialists in the fields of French modernism, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, and comparative literature. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 136222) ... more |
AU$27.50 WAS AU$45.95 |