10.4225/03/562856DC7903C
Thomas Chandler
Thomas
Chandler
Martin Polkinghorne
Martin
Polkinghorne
Visualising Angkor 800 AD – 1400
Monash University
2015
Angkor Wat
Angkor (Extinct city) -- Pictorial works
virtual heritage
Simulation
video-game
3D animations
archaeology
Archaeology
Digital Humanities
History
Museology
Information Systems
2015-10-22 03:24:10
Media
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/media/Visualising_Angkor_800_AD_1400/2003853
<p>The <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/visualising-angkor/AR6A-vMq?hl=en-GB">Visualising Angkor Project</a> explores the 3D generation and
animation of landscapes, people, soundscapes and architecture in a
medieval century Cambodian metropolis. The resulting scenes draw upon a wide
range of archaeological and historical data, from bas-reliefs to Chinese
eye-witness accounts and extensive mapping undertaken by the Greater Angkor
Project and the EFEO. In comparison to the familiar historical staples of Rome,
Greece and Egypt, the virtual image of Angkor remains unexplored. The recent
inclusion of Angkor as a subject of study in the Australian national High
School history curriculum is timely, but it also presents some interesting
challenges.</p>
<p><b>Collaborating
Organisations</b>: Monash University sensiLab/ University of Sydney Greater Angkor
Project<br>
<b>Project Coordinators / Advisors</b>: Tom Chandler (Monash University),
Roland Fletcher, Martin Polkinghorne (University of Sydney)<br>
<b>Research Assistants</b>: Brent McKee, Elliott
Wilson, Mike Yeates, Chandara Ung</p>
<p> </p>
<p><b>MEDIA</b></p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/visualising-angkor/AR6A-vMq?hl=en-GB&position=0%2C74">An impressionistic view over rice field
with Angkor Wat in the distance</a> (image)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/visualising-angkor/AR6A-vMq?hl=en-GB&position=2%2C82">Density of settlement around Angkor Wat</a> (image)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/visualising-angkor/AR6A-vMq?hl=en-GB&position=4%2C75">Elevated approach to Angkor Wat</a> (video)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/visualising-angkor/AR6A-vMq?hl=en-GB&position=6%2C56">Aerial visualisation circling around a
model of Angkor Wat</a> (video)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/visualising-angkor/AR6A-vMq?hl=en-GB&position=8%2C66">Towns and villages of Greater Angkor</a> (video)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/visualising-angkor/AR6A-vMq?hl=en-GB&position=10%2C87">Triple towers of a walled and moated
village temple</a> (image)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/visualising-angkor/AR6A-vMq?hl=en-GB&position=12%2C71">Animated scene centred on a village
shrine at Angkor</a> (video)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/visualising-angkor/AR6A-vMq?hl=en-GB&position=14%2C66">Elephant hauls a block of sandstone
towards a sculpture workshop</a> (image)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/visualising-angkor/AR6A-vMq?hl=en-GB&position=16%2C76">Visualisation of roads of Angkor Thom
with utilitarian trees</a> (video)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/visualising-angkor/AR6A-vMq?hl=en-GB&position=18%2C99">A visualisation transect running below
the West Baray to Angkor Wat</a> (video)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/visualising-angkor/AR6A-vMq?hl=en-GB&position=21%2C59">Extensive network of canals in Greater
Angkor</a> (video)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/visualising-angkor/AR6A-vMq?hl=en-GB&position=23%2C69">Unspecified scene possibly near the
Royal Palace or Ta Prohm temple</a> (video)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/visualising-angkor/AR6A-vMq?hl=en-GB&position=25%2C74">Rice paddies of Angkor</a> (image)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/visualising-angkor/AR6A-vMq?hl=en-GB&position=27%2C97">Khmer military strength, weaponry and
insignia</a> (video)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/visualising-angkor/AR6A-vMq?hl=en-GB&position=29%2C61">Rice field and village life at Angkor</a> (video)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/visualising-angkor/AR6A-vMq?hl=en-GB&position=32%2C10">Oxcarts making their way along a forest
road</a> (video)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/visualising-angkor/AR6A-vMq?hl=en-GB&position=34%2C61">Zhou Daguan recounts that he heard of
two kinds of “savages” in Cambodia</a> (video)</p>