Interrelationships between the temples of Central Java

Conférence de Marijke J. Klokke, Leiden University, enregistrée le 11 juin 2008 à l'EFEO. Dans le cadre des Conférences Iéna : Art, archéologie et anthropologie de l'Asie (EFEO – MUSÉE GUIMET) Cycle de conférence 2007-2008 : Images et Imagination : le Bouddhisme en Asie. A number of suggestions have been made on interrelationships between Central Javanese temples, Borobudur, Pawon, Mendut, Sewu, and Loro Jonggrang. Also, a number of different suggestions have been made to place the monuments chronologically within the framework of Central Javanese history. In this lecture I wish to contribute to the discussions on interrelationships between Central Javanese temples on the basis of a study of the ornamentation adorning the Central Javanese temples. Dr Marijke J. Klokke is senior university lecturer of Art and Material Culture of Southeast Asia at Leiden University. She defended her PhD thesis on the Tantri reliefs on ancient Javanese temples at Leiden University in 1990. She will organize the 12th conference of this association in September 2008. She is conducting research on: ‘Central Javanese temples: relationships and chronology: a study of ornament'.