| Description |
vii, 259 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Translation series (Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands)) ; 26
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| Contents |
Part One -- Candi Prambanan; An updated introduction / Roy E. Jordaan -- Preliminary description -- Name and legend -- Discovery, excavation, and restoration -- The location from a culture-historical perspective -- Dating the temple complex: retracing its history -- About the founders, art styles, and archaeological theories -- The mythical Mount Meru and the churning of the ocean -- Design, meaning, and sectarian sensibilities -- The statues -- The reliefs -- General conclusions -- Part Two -- The Prambanan temple pits / J.W. IJzerman -- The first Prambanan Rāma relief / I. Ph. Vogel -- The Prambanan statues / N.J. Krom -- The god Brahmā surrounded by mahaṛṣi / F.D.K. Bosch -- Candi A and candi B / B. de Haan -- The arrangement of the Rāma reliefs of Candi Loro Jonggrang and the course of the sun / W.P. Stutterheim -- The reconstruction of the Śiva temple at Prambanan / V.R. Romondt -- Prambanan 1954 / A.J. Bernet Kempers |
| Summary |
In praise of Prambanan is devoted to the Hindu-Javanese temple complex of Candi Prambanan, also known by its locally more popular name of Candi Loro Jonggrang. The book has two parts. Part One is a general introduction to the temple complex based on an examination of the existing scholarly literature. It offers a detailed state-of-the-art survey of publications on Candi Prambanan as well as of the religious conditions which made its creation possible. Part Two contains a selection of important articles - in English translation - about the temple complex by prominent Dutch scholars all of whom had first-hand knowledge of it: J.W. IJzerman, J. Ph. Vogel, N.J. Krom, F.D.K. Bosch, B. de Haan, W.F. Stutterheim, V.R. van Romondt and A.J. Bernet Kempers. The book is richly illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps. Roy E. Jordaan, currently a private scholar, obtained his PhD in anthropology from Leiden University |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Lara Jonggrang (Temple : Prambanan, Indonesia)
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| SUBJECT |
Lara Jonggrang (Temple : Prambanan, Indonesia) fast (OCoLC)fst00660008 |
| Subject |
Hindu temples -- Indonesia -- Prambanan.
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Hindu temples.
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Indonesia -- Prambanan.
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| Author |
Jordaan, Roy E.
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Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands)
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| ISBN |
9067181056 |
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9789067181051 |
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