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Some Khmer monasteries built on the banks of the Mekong river conceal simple, often charming paintings which are yet ignored by amateurs of Khmer art. Paintings on wood — or murals — display the greatest variety of compositions, styles and colours. Paintings in tempera on unpretentious wood planks are inserted in frieze between the pillars of a sanctuary or those of a sala. In the sala of Wat Srah Keo Munivan, Stung Treng, the rather elegant pictures show an affinity with Lao art. In Wat Nokor, near Kompong Cham, naive colored images in the northern monastery contrast with those in the southern monastery where the blue hues évoque a monochrome. In the same province, the friezes and the ceilings of Wat Moha Leap are decorated with paintings of warm tones. Only a few sanctuaries are adorned with murals. In Wat Srah Keo Munivan, behind the altar, the artist, to illustrate Buddha's victory over Mara, depicted with much zest the rout of demonic creatures. In the south of Cambodia, Wat Sisowath Ratanaram sanctuary decorated by the Royal Palace paintor, with refined style compositions was unfortunately destroyed as early as the beginning of the 1970 war.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.
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01 janvier 1998
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Français
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