Splash of Color Pilot TV Diary - Day Twelve

Writing by Alan Veitch on Monday, 12 of February , 2007 at 5:34 am

DAY TWELVE: Feb. 11: At the Ta Som gate entrance, with the two monks in position in front of Jayavarman’s enigmatic smile, Robert commenced the painting and at the same time, with a piece-to-camera, he talked about the long and bloody history of the Angkor temples and how ruthless kings such as Jayavarman V11 captured countless thousands of slaves in their battle victories over neighboring states. Slaves were used to build the temples.

The Artist At Work

Filming The Monks At Angkor

Preparing To Paint

Robert also talked about the architectural, engineering and artistic skills involved in the creation of the temples and suggested that Angkor could rightly be considered as “The Athens Of South East Asia” during Jayavarman’s brutal but undeniably productive reign..

Gathering Speed

Onlookers Checking It Out

Painting Up A Storm

Category: Splash Of Color TV

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