Revealing Krishna : essays on the history, context and conservation of Krishna lifting Mount Govardhan from Phnom Da / edited by Sonya Rhie Mace and Bertrand Porte.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mace, Sonya Rhie, editor.

Porte, Bertrand, editor.

ʻĀṃng Jūlān, 1949- contributor.

Cleveland Museum of Art, host institution.

Series:

Cleveland masterwork series ; v.5.

Cleveland Masterworks Series ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kr̥ṣṇa--Exhibitions.

Kr̥ṣṇa.

Sculpture, Khmer--Exhibitions.

Sculpture, Khmer.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 22 cm.

Other Title:

Essays on the history, context and conversation of Krishna lifting Mount Govardhan from Phnom Da

Place of Publication:

Lewes, UK : D Giles Limited ; Cleveland, OH : Cleveland Museum of Art, 2021.

Summary:

Focuses on a remarkable, over life-size sculpture of Krishna, an incarnation of Vishnu, in one of the earliest sculptural representations known from Cambodia. The sculpture of Krishna lifting Mount Govardhan is one of the highlights of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Dating from c 600 CE, its story, meanings and depictions in the art of India and Southeast Asia are discussed in this new volume with reference to images of the ideal ruler, protector of the realm, and clan hero. The authors delve into several fascinating aspects behind the sculpture. These include locating the sculpture in the context of the other seven monumental sculptures from the same site, how it would have been dramatically installed in a cave sanctuary amid the delta floodplains, and its connections with the nearby royal center of Angkor Borei. Furthermore, the authors relate the compelling life story of the object from the colonial period to the present day, showing how geo-political and social changes affected the process of conservation and reconstruction. Exhibition: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA (14.11.2021 - 30.01.2022).

Contents:

Director's foreword / William M. Griswold

The Cleveland Krishna: image, site, and proveance / Sonya Rhie Mace

A conservation history of the Krishna at the Cleveland Museum of Art / Beth Edelstein, Collen Snyder, and Amaris Sturm

Stone material culture at Phnom Da: new insights from recent scientific investigations / Christian Fischer

The Phnom Da sculptor: birth and conservation of a statuary / Bertrand Porte and CHEA Socheat

Expressing royal magnificence: the city of Angkor Borei and the sacred site of Phnom Da / Pierre Baptiste

Note on representations of Krishna in the Angkorian period / Thierry Zéphir

Nostalgia or appropriation of the south? / ANG Choulean.

Notes:

"Published in association with D. Giles Limited on the occassion of the exhibition Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia's Sacred Mountain, on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art from November 14, 2021 to January 30, 2022"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781911282785

1911282786

OCLC:

1263759270