| Title |
Some Doubts Concerning the Introduction of Anastylosis in Angkor Monuments - Earlier Conservation Activities of the EFEO in Angkor Monuments - |
| Keywords |
Angkor Monument ; Java Monument ; Anastylosis ; Reconstruction ; Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient |
| Abstract |
This paper is to indicate some doubts on the established story that Henri Marshal, Angkor monument conservator, had introduced Anastylosis as reconstruction in Angkor monuments from the Oudheidkundige Dienst in Nederlandsch-Indie’s reconstruction activities during the 1920s to 1930s and to consider the cause of some doubts. With faced with the limit of conservation activities in Angkor monument, the EFEO missioned Henri Marchal, conservator of Angkor monument, to Java in 3 months in order to study the ODNI’s reconstruction which had been obtaining an expected result in Java. After his returning, Henri Marchal started the first reconstruction at Banteay Srei in Angkor monuments, and insisting on his first reconstruction as anastylosis introduced from Java. But, Here, I could rise up a series of doubt that the ODNI didn’t use the term of anastylosis in Java at those times, and in fact the term will be proposed by an greek conservator, Nicolas Baranos, and authorized in the Athena conference in 1931 later also after starting the first reconstruction of Banteay Srei. In conclusion, Henri Marchal would like intentionally to use the term of anastylosis to get a good evaluation on his first reconstruction and to escape from a possible conflict of reconstruction in the near future. |