Bas-relieves. The Bayon. Angkor Thom. Siem Reap. Cambodia.

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Bas-reliefs are individual figures, groups of figures, or entire scenes cut into stone walls, not as drawings but as sculpted images projecting from a background. Sculpture in bas-relief is distinguished from sculpture in haut-relief, in that the latter projects farther from the background, in some cases almost detaching itself from it. The Angkorian Khmer preferred to work in bas-relief, while their neighbors the Cham were partial to haut-relief. Narrative bas-reliefs are bas-reliefs depicting stories from mythology or history. Until about the 11th century AD, the Angkorian Khmer confined their narrative bas-reliefs to the space on the tympana above doorways.

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Size: 4900px × 3670px
Location: Bayon. Angkor Thom. Siem Reap. Cambodia
Photo credit: © Felix Stensson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: angkor, archeology, architecture, asia, bas-reliefs, bayon, cambodia, day, khmer, outdoors, reap, ruins, siem, thom