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Readers in Singapore may be interested in this upcoming lecture at the National Library, held in conjunction with the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society AGM.
SEACS 43rd AGM & William Willetts Lecture 2012 [Link no longer active]
Time: 6.45pm
Date: Friday, 30 March 2012
Venue: The POD, Level 16, National Library Board, Victoria Street
his year’s lecture, tentatively entitled “Art of Angkor: Monuments and their Dating”, will be given by Prof. Kwa Chong Guan, author of the book, 700 years of Singapore History.
The lecture begins with William Willetts’ interest in Angkor monuments. The lecture proceeds to discuss the challenges of dating the Angkor monuments and how the art historian Philip Stern developed a “method” of attempting it in the late 1920’s, which later influenced a whole generation of French scholars – P Dupont, J Bosselier, M Bernstein, among others – down to today. The talk will broadly cover the wider issue of dating art by its style and not get too technical on art history methodologies and Angkor art.
Summary of lecture
The lecture begins with William Willetts’ interest in Angkor monuments. The lecture proceeds to discuss the challenges of dating the Angkor monuments and how the art historian Philip Stern developed a “method” of attempting it in the late 1920’s, which later influenced a whole generation of French scholars – P. Dupont, J. Bosselier, M. Bernstein, among others – down to today. The talk will broadly cover the wider issue of dating art by its style and not get too technical on art history methodologies and Angkor art. A more developed lecture will be delivered to archaeology students of the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre’s Archaeological Unit who are currently doing a field trip in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Thanks Noel!