Work
Angkor Wat
Explore in the Atlas →The state temple of the Khmer king Suryavarman II, dedicated to Vishnu, its vast moated quincunx of towers models Mount Meru and remains the largest religious monument on earth.
Ritual Power Memory
Details
- Type
- Building
- Location
- Angkor, Cambodia
Classifications
- Holder
- Communal intergenerational
- Source of authority
- Revelation cosmology
- Subject
- Human centred
- Cosmological orientation
- MandalaAxis mundiCardinal axes
- Political position
- Hegemonic
- Degree of codification
- Highly codified
- Mode of transmission
- ApprenticeshipText drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- South asianCross cultural cosmological
Connections
- exemplifies Khmer Architecture
Sources
- Michael Freeman. Ancient Angkor. River Books, 1999.
- Eleanor Mannikka. Angkor Wat: Time, Space, and Kingship. University of Hawaii Press, 1996.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Angkor Wat." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/angkor-wat/. Accessed July 17, 2026.