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Most ancient monuments of art are the ornamented ceramics of neolith, bronze wares of middle 1st thousand B.C. In 6 c. in Angkor-Boreas and in 7 c. in Sambor-Prey-Kuk temples (prasats) were built. It was rectangular in a plan brick towers, dismembered by pilasters and crowned a pyramid from false floors. Softly and the generalized designed statues of 6 c. arose up under Indian influence. Slender, elegant, complete of live and at the same time stately statues of 7-8 cc. are more original.In 9 c. there was a type of ensemble from prasats and subsidiary buildings, surrounded fence (with the pavilions-gate of "gopura"), and later also by galleries and ductings (Prakh-ko in Roluose, 9 с.; Banteay-Srey, 10 с.).

Then there was a type of "temple-mountain" - step pyramid, crowned 1 or 5 prasats and surrounded galleries and ductings (Bakong in Roluose, 9 c.; Prang in Kokh-kere, 10 c.). In 10 c. a brick is replaced laterit and sandstone, the art of fretted decoration, in which the figures of deities, celestial virgins, animals and monsters are intertwined in a magnificent vegetable decorative pattern, blossoms. Strictly frontal statues of 9-13 cc. differ monolithic nature, power of the generalized volumes, graphite stilizaciey of details. In 9-13 cc. there was a giant complex Angkor, including the great number of ornate temples and palaces; especially important most perfect and grandiose temple-mountain Angkor-wools (about 1113-50) and built as a common and majestic architectural ensemble (end of 12 - 13 cc.) the capital of Angkor-Tkhom with the enormous faces of deities on numerous towers. stretchy infinite series reliefs in the galleries of temples of Angkora are remarkable of liveliness and expressiveness of the battle and domestic scenes, riches of rhythm, flexibility of contours. With 14 c. a stone architecture fallen into a decay, ancient cities were neglected.

Wooden palaces and buddhistic temples (a royal palace and "Silver pagoda" in Pnompen) were built with galleries, roofs, which is sharp on edges, screw-thread, modelling, gold painting on varnish. Stone mortars with bell shape were erected. A stone sculpture was replaced wooden and bronze (statues of Buddha; statuettes of dancers, heroes of epos), and reliefs - painting (by glue paints) on the themes of buddhistic legends. From a 2nd half 19 c. in cities buildings in a spirit French eclectic architecture are built. In painting and pictures of Okna Tep Nimit Tlak (beginning of 20 c.) decorative stylization combines with realistic expressiveness of persons.

A systematic town-planning began with proclamation of independence (1953) (new cities - Kampongsaom, 1957-1960, Bokor, 1962). In cities reinforce-concrete buildings are built as in local traditions - with galleries, towers, steep skates of roofs (architect Vanmolivan), so in modern style, with loggias and sunshields. Mass building in the countries and cities is pile frame-houses, often with a verandah. Traditional folk handicrafts are batic, carving and ivory, engraving on a metal, painting of ceramics, embroidery, excision from a skin (delicate pictures, figures of shadow theater). Painting and graphic arts develop (Ngok Dim, Sam Yun).