Angkor Wat (Cambodia), 12th century

Khmer civilization/ Suryavarman II/ wat/ approach via a stone causeway (gradual ascension vs. building

facade)

Suryavarman II holding court (Angkor Wat, Cambodia), 12th century, stone

naga and a model of the universe

temple mountain (emphasis on exterior)/ shrine dedicated to Vishnu/

barays and a directed supply of water

Apsaras (female

divinities; celestial

dancers who are the

attendants of Kama, the god

of love)

avatars of Vishnu/ Jayavarman VII and the

Bayon

Left: Towers of the Bayon (Angkor

Thom, Cambodia), 12th to 13th centuryBelow: Ta Prohm (Angkor Thom,

Cambodia), 1186

Harihara (Prasat Andet, Cambodia), 7th century, stone

harihara (half Shiva/half Vishnu)

Left: Sculpture of a goddess in the Angkor (Khmer) style, 12th

century, sandstoneBelow: Devatas (female

deities) from Angkor Wat, 12th century

Shiva as Nataraja in the Naltunai Isvaram

Temple (Punjai, India), c. 1000, bronze

carried in processions/ role of Shiva/ flaming

nimbus/ Demon of Ignorance/ Ganga

Shiva as Nataraja 11th

century, bronze

Shiva and his family on Mount Kailasa

Shiva and Parvarti/ Vasuki/ Nandi/ Mount Kailasa

Statue of Nandi at Halebid (India), 1150

Kama and the state of ananga/ Skanda/Ganesh/

Surya and Chandra/ Hanuman, the Monkey God/ the tiger of Shiva/ rishis (Brahmin priests)/

Brahma with four heads/ Shiva and the demon Taraka

Ganesh (Hoysala, India), 12th-13th centuries

Vishnu and Attendants (Bangladesh), 11th century

Laotian Buddhas

Left: Buddha praying for

rainRight:

Abhayamudra: Buddha as

protector and preserver from

suffering, subjugating

Mara

Below: Bhumisparshamudra: Buddha calling the earth goddess as witness to his

enlightenment and his victory over Mara

Right: Vitarkamudra: The Buddha setting in motion “the

wheel of the law”

Abhayamudra: The Buddha as protector and preserver

from suffering

Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion (Punjab, India),

c. 1760, opaque watercolor on paper

Krishna/ Radha/ Gita-Govinda/ a lightning bolt in

a luxurious setting