The world is full of creative people, with countless delicate and skillful hands. In particular, you will not expect that rigid and crude inanimate materials such as iron, steel, metal or stone through talented human hands are honed and molded into unique works of art. with soft and flexible lines like living things. Typically, the work was named the largest stone sculpture in the world in 1991 and was recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage – Angkor Wat Temple. Together VNtoWorld understanding about Largest stone sculpture in the world here you go.
Located about 317km north of the capital Phnom Penh, Angkor Wat temple complex was built in the middle of the 12th century. The purpose of King Suryavarman II when erecting this temple to worship the Hindu god Vishnu. The bas-reliefs around the temple depict epic scenes, especially scenes of human dancing. Angkor Wat is one of the most important monuments in Cambodia, considered the pinnacle of Khmer art and architecture.
Angkor Wat is a complex with more than 100 stone temples, monuments, reliefs and immense corridors made from large rocks, stacked with a very natural appearance. This is a glorious architectural achievement, it represents a very high level of spatial geometry. Angkor Wat Temple was built at a time when the material and spiritual life of the people was extremely flourishing. It reflects the daily life of people’s material and spiritual life in the 12th century.
The most impressive and unique thing is the sculptural paintings on the wall of the lowest floor corridor. This can be considered as the largest stone sculpture in the world and was created entirely by human hands. With a height of 2.5 m and a running length of more than 800 meters, it describes the classics in the Brahmin scriptures, the exploits of King Suryavarman II – the temple’s creator.
The inside of the picture is the story of the legendary milky sea battles, the monkeys and the battle of the god Sita, the dances of the fairy Aspara… The most special in Angkor is the 1,700 Apsara girls in Angkor. 1,700 completely different dancers, with beautiful bodies, expressions and poses, moves are not the same. Then we see that creativity has no limit and under the talented hands of the architect, it is even more soulful and lively.
The unique thing that amazes visitors is the meticulousness and sophistication in the corners of Angkor Wat, where there is no sculpture, even every centimeter of the temple. The lines carved on the stone are so meticulous that people mistakenly think they are sculpted on an existing template.
The principle of building the temple is built on the principle of arranging the stones first, then the architects begin to sculpt. Angkor Wat is completely made up of very large green stone slabs, the usual size is 1x2m put together, carved with patterns and reliefs according to ancient stories that experts say comes from epics. Indian Mahabharata and Raymana. The evidence is that at the pillars on the first floor there are still traces of unfinished sculptures. The first floor of Angkor has the pools of water used for the king to bathe, wash away sins and strip off, which have now dried up and are intended to protect the relic.
Both the massive sculpture is protected by the ceiling and the corridor roof runs through, the picture seems to be intact and like new.
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