TY - GEN AU - Benisti, Mireille TI - Stylistics of early Khmer art Vol.I : text SN - 9788173052569 U1 - 730.954 PY - 2003/// CY - New Delhi PB - Indira Gandhi national centre for the arts KW - N1 - CONTENTS Preface v Table of Plates xi I. Relations Between Early Khmer and Indian Art 1 Introduction 1 Simple motifs 24 The kudu 24 The makara 29 The monster face 38 The hamsa frieze 46 The leaf of abundance 52 The scroll 55 The frieze of jutting leaves 60 The volute-pendant leaf 62 The garland 66 The baluster frieze 76 The check pattern 79 The floral trellis 82 The bezel band 87 The band with alternate lozenge and round themes 91 Complex motifs 99 The lintel 100 The colonnette 115 The edifice representation 121 Associated motifs 135 Absences of motifs 140 General considerations 146 Cited works 176 II. Research on Early Khmer Art 183 1.Thala Borivat lintels 183 2."The bezel band", chronological criterion 196 3.On the borders of Prei Kmeng and Kompong Preah styles 209 4.Decorated pedestals 235 5.The monster-face 256 6.Unpublished and unknowTi lintels 272 7.The problem of Sambor S. 1 303 Notes on Khmer Iconography 325 1.Two nautical scenes 325 2.An offering scene 329 3.On a lintel of Sambor Prei Kuk 333 4.Concerning a lintel from Vat Baset 339 5.Krsna and Kesin 343 6.The Buddhist lintel in Prasat Crap 349 7.Karaikkalammaiyar 356 8.Vat Preah Theat lintel 359 9.Yeai Pu pediment OOD 10. First representations of Sri Laksmi 370 11.Ba Kan slab sculpted on both sides 376 ER -