TY - GEN AU - Jordaan,Roy E. TI - In praise of Prambanan; Dutch essays on the Loro Jonggrang temple complex SN - OAPEN_417723 PY - 1996/// CY - Leiden - Boston PB - Brill KW - Asian history KW - bicssc KW - sculpture KW - literature surveys KW - archaeology KW - hinduism KW - history KW - indonesia KW - jawa tengah KW - prambanan KW - architecture KW - temples KW - Buddhism KW - Java KW - Javanese people KW - Poonkunnam Siva Temple KW - Rama KW - Shiva N1 - Open Access N2 - In praise of Prambanan is devoted to the Hindu-Javanese temple complex of Candi Prambanan, also known by its locally more popular name of Candi Loro Jonggrang. The book has two parts. Part One is a general introduction to the temple complex based on an examination of the existing scholarly literature. It offers a detailed state-of-the-art survey of publications on Candi Prambanan as well as of the religious conditions which made its creation possible. Part Two contains a selection of important articles - in English translation - about the temple complex by prominent Dutch scholars all of whom had first-hand knowledge of it: J.W. IJzerman, J.Ph. Vogel, N.J. Krom, F.D.K. Bosch, B. de Haan, W.F. Stutterheim, V.R. van Romondt and A.J. Bernet Kempers. The book is richly illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps. Roy E. Jordaan, currently a private scholar, obtained his PhD in anthropology from Leiden University UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/a8f947e2-9ab9-4f84-a052-0bb300e8731f/417723.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/38158 ER -