Buddhist Sculpture of Northern Thailand
Author : Carol Stratton
Publisher : Serindia Publications, Inc.
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 44,42 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781932476095
Author : Carol Stratton
Publisher : Serindia Publications, Inc.
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 44,42 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781932476095
Author : Angela S. Chiu
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 17,41 MB
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : 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 :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 23,15 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Art
ISBN :
Catalogue of an exhibition held in nine cities throughout Australia 1976/77.
Author : Silpa Bhirasri
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 20,21 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Buddhist art
ISBN :
Author : Silpa Birasri
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 45,89 MB
Release : 1954
Category : Art, Buddhist
ISBN :
Author : Carol Stratton
Publisher : Silkworm Books
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 14,7 MB
Release : 2010-08-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1627767088
As you walk through a Thai temple, a host of unfamiliar objects, shapes, and patterns tug at you from every direction. This handy and lucid guidebook will help you distinguish what is what. It takes you through a representative Thai Buddhist temple, guiding you from structure to structure and element to element, explaining the function and purpose of each, and the symbolism behind the forms. A Thai wat can be a place of bewildering beauty, but this illustrated companion will help you focus your eye and identify what you see. Tourists and residents, novices and scholars will all gain a clearer sense of what a wat is and the role it plays today in the lives of Thai people. Highlights - Detailed guide to Thai temple compounds - Definitions and explanations of architectural elements and structures - Richly illustrated with examples - Presents the temple in the context of Thai society - Author is an art historian specializing in Thai Buddhist art
Author : Dorothy H. Fickle
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 30,45 MB
Release : 1989
Category : 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 : Kandarapanguwe Dhammasiri
Publisher :
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 17,89 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Buddhist gods, in art
ISBN :
Author : Nandana Cūṭivoṅgs
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 31,41 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Bronzes
ISBN :
Focusing on an extraordinary eighth-century statue of Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future, excavated in north central Thailand in 1964, this volume provides an overview of Buddhist art in Southeast Asia from the seventh to ninth centuries.
Author : Dawn F. Rooney
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,18 MB
Release : 2016-06
Category :
ISBN : 9786167339696
Thailand is internationally acclaimed for its unique and creative interpretation of Theravada Buddhist art. The sacred beliefs of this 2,500 year-old religion are expressed through images that give meaning to gestures, postures, relics and revered objects. Such didactic icons signify the Buddha's omnipresence and provide a visual framework for understanding his transcendent spirituality and his teachings.From the pre-Tai art of Dvaravati through the first Thai capital in 13th century Sukhothai and Lan Na in the north and in the succeeding Thai kingdoms of Ayutthaya and Bangkok (Rattanakosin), the Buddhist art of Thailand makes a continuous journey through periods, styles, materials, lunar festivals and contemporary art with the quintessential, timeless beauty that is a hallmarks of Thai aesthetics.