In praise of Prambanan Dutch essays on the Loro Jonggrang temple complex /

In praise of Prambanan [electronic resource] : Dutch essays on the Loro Jonggrang temple complex / edited by Roy E. Jordaan.

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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 literatur...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Brill)
Corporate Author: Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands)
Other Authors: Jordaan, Roy E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Dutch
Published: Leiden : KITLV Press, 1996.
Series:Translation series (Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands)) ; 26.
Subjects:
Lara Jonggrang (Temple : Prambanan, Indonesia)
Hindu temples > Indonesia > Prambanan.
Hindu temples.
Indonesia > Prambanan.
Table of 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.
  • 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 Ra⁺ѕma relief / I. Ph. Vogel
  • The Prambanan statues / N.J. Krom
  • The god Brahma⁺ѕ surrounded by mahar⁺Đs⁺Đi / F.D.K. Bosch
  • Candi A and candi B / B. de Haan
  • The arrangement of the Ra⁺ѕma reliefs of Candi Loro Jonggrang and the course of the sun / W.P. Stutterheim
  • The reconstruction of the S⁺ѓiva temple at Prambanan / V.R. Romondt
  • Prambanan 1954 / A.J. Bernet Kempers.

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