Angkor Wat is located in Siem Reap, Cambodia and its name means “City Temple”. King Suryavarman II, who ruled in the 12th century, most likely built this edifice.
At the moment, it is a place of Buddhist pilgrimages and tourist visits, used as a temple.
The form of this cultural monument is architectural structure, while the medium of this temple is stone. During the construction and design, the carving technique was used, the size is monumental. It is a rectangular building with cone-shaped towers, horizontal and sprawling in area. The lines are thin and regular in the main relief of the building. The imposing forms of the building are combined with the detailed corrugation of the walls and the careful elaboration of dozens of additional cones framing each tower. The color scheme is stony grey, provided with a touch of antiquity, which also conveys a feel of intermittently ruin-like texture given minor damage to the surface of the temple decoration.
The city temple is a dedication to the god Vishnu and is decorated with carefully carved illustrations telling about his exploits. The most expressive element is the texture of the stones from which the towers of the temple are carved. The stone towers set inside the wall that surrounds the edifice refers to the Meru mountains, which were considered the palace of the ancient gods. The sprawling scale of the building also symbolizes more space between the mountains, while the rockiness of the texture also makes one think of mountains. Through the curves of the rocky texture, the elevations of the building gradually line up. This emphasizes the multi-stage texture of the “house of the gods” and proves that the artist really achieved a specific effect when organizing the building. Another symbolism of the building is that it is a world axis demonstrating the importance of the king’s role. The author also achieves this effect through the majesty of the building, which from the inside works on the principle of a multi-gallery labyrinth.