Buddhist Sculpture of Northern Thailand
Author | : Carol Stratton |
Publisher | : Serindia Publications, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781932476095 |
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Author | : Carol Stratton |
Publisher | : Serindia Publications, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781932476095 |
Author | : Angela S. Chiu |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2017-03-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0824873122 |
For centuries, wherever Thai Buddhists have made their homes, statues of the Buddha have provided striking testament to the role of Buddhism in the lives of the people. The Buddha in Lanna offers the first in-depth historical study of the Thai tradition of donation of Buddha statues. Drawing on palm-leaf manuscripts and inscriptions, many never previously translated into English, the book reveals the key roles that Thai Buddha images have played in the social and economic worlds of their makers and devotees from the fifteenth to twentieth centuries. Author Angela Chiu introduces stories from chronicles, histories, and legends written by monks in Lanna, a region centered in today’s northern Thailand. By examining the stories’ themes, structures, and motifs, she illuminates the complex conceptual and material aspects of Buddha images that influenced their functions in Lanna society. Buddha images were depicted as social agents and mediators, the focal points of pan-regional political-religious lineages and rivalries, indeed, as the very generators of history itself. In the chronicles, Buddha images also unified the Buddha with the northern Thai landscape, thereby integrating Buddhist and local conceptions of place. By comparing Thai Buddha statues with other representations of the Buddha, the author underscores the contribution of the Thai evidence to a broader understanding of how different types of Buddha representations were understood to mediate the “presence” of the Buddha. The Buddha in Lanna focuses on the Thai Buddha image as a part of the wider society and history of its creators and worshippers beyond monastery walls, shedding much needed light on the Buddha image in history. With its impressive range of primary sources, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Buddhism and Buddhist art history, Thai studies, and Southeast Asian religious studies.
Author | : Theodore Robert Bowie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
Catalogue of an exhibition held in nine cities throughout Australia 1976/77.
Author | : Heidi Tan |
Publisher | : Asian Civilisation Museum |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9789810746285 |
Author | : Museum and Art Gallery (Durban) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jean Boisselier |
Publisher | : Weatherhill, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Dorothy H. Fickle |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
Asking first, "Who was the Buddha?" this concise yet complete study explores Buddhas's evolution from a historical teacher to a supernatural universal emperor. Fickle examines the features shared by all images of the Buddha, especially the images found in Thailand, and carefully delineates the historical influences on each style. A generous sampling of superb black-and-white and color illustrations further illuminate the beauty and variety of Thailand's Buddha images.
Author | : Hiram W. Woodward |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
The sculpture of Thailand includes some of the most beautiful and significant works made anywhere in Asia, but it is among the least studied and least well understood. This pathbreaking and authoritative book tells the story of this sculpture, beginning with the art of the kingdom of Dvaravati in the seventh century and ending with the abandonment of the city of Ayutthaya in 1767. Hiram W. Woodward, Jr., the principal author, bases his account on a study of the most important and comprehensive collection outside Thailand, that formed by the pioneering American scholar Alexander B. Griswold and bequeathed to the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland. An unprecedented array of technical tests has been carried out on the Griswold sculptures. Thermoluminescence analysis has determined age, metal analysis has revealed the content of the alloys, and clay-core analysis has provided insights into probable place of origin. Conclusions drawn from these tests have been integrated into Dr. Woodward's narrative. Never before has the sequence of styles and the development of regional traditions been presented so clearly. The results of the tests, presented in full, will be a resource for students of Thai art for decades.