Angkor: Cambodia's Wondrous Khmer Temples (Odyssey Angkor) - Softcover

Rooney, Dawn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9622178022 ISBN 13: 9789622178021

Publisher: Odyssey Publications,Hong Kong, 2011

Synopsis

Contains accounts of various temples and pre-Angkor sites including Preah Vihear and the restoration at Banteay Chhmar. This title offers comprehensive background information on Khmer art, religion and cultural traditions. It profiles the Phnom Penh National Museum and highlights of Cambodia's capital.

About this title

Review:

"...The best guide is Dawn Rooney's Angkor..." - The Telegraph (UK) "...Don't leave home without Angkor by Dawn Rooney..." - San Francisco Chronicle "...An excellent guide, well-written, with beautiful photographs..." - The New York Times"

About the Author:

American-born Dawn Rooney has spent many years researching art history in Southeast Asia. Awarded a PhD in art history in 1983, she has contributed to Oriental Art and other journals and is the author of nine books on the region's art and culture including Khmer Ceramics, Angkor Observed, Betel Chewing Traditions in Southeast Asia, Thai Buddhas, Ancient Sukhotha (Thailand's Cultural Heritage), and Khmer Ceramics, Beauty and Meaning (2010). She is an advisor to the Society for Asian Art at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, and in 2009 she was appointed to the Board of Directors for The Center for Khmer Studies in Siem Reap. Rooney resides in Bangkok, which has served as her research base for the past three decades. She has made more than 100 trips to Angkor.

About this edition

• Publisher: Odyssey Publications,Hong Kong
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 9622178022
• ISBN 13: 9789622178021
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 496