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Languages : en
Pages : 96
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THAI CERAMICS THROUGH THE AGES
Author: Thai Ceramic Art
Author: Nicol GuérinPublisher: Sun Tree Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This publication is a detailed study of the 14th - 16th century Thai ceramic wares that played a role in the local Buddhist, Brahman and Animist religious ceremonies, approached from an art historical point of view. It also establishes the degree of interaction between the many cultures that influenced the form, design, function and usage of these wares, and draws on the underlying historic, religious and stylistic linkages with India, China, Sri Lanka, Burma Cambodia and other parts of Southeast Asia. A background to the history, politics and cultural practices of Thailand introduces the subject, followed by a systematic analysis of the Thai products. Throughout the study, comparisons are made with other Asian cultures, decorative styles and chronology, all of which add further dimensions to a hitherto relatively unexplored art form. This voluminous and painstaking research was undertaken by the authors over a period of twenty years, inspired by their personal interest in the subject. The resultant major reference work on Thai ecclesiastical ceramics has had the help of many international museum curators, archaeologists, collectors and dealers. The authors have had access to practically all known major collections around the world, many of which have not been published before. Aided by over 830 photographs, maps and specially commissioned line drawings, the subject is explicitly illustrated, compiled and discussed in great detail. By drawing these different aspects together, this major study should appeal equally to collectors, researchers and those with a wider interest in the rich religious and cultural life of the area. Book jacket.
Ceramics of Thailand
Author: Patrick MaveetyPublisher:
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Category : Ceramics
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Earthenware in Southeast Asia
Author: John N. MiksicPublisher: NUS Press
ISBN: 9789971692711
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
This volume offers a baseline of information on what is known of earthenware across Southeast Asia and aims to provide new understandings of subjects including the origins of the prehistoric tripod vessels of the Malayan Peninsula and the role of earthenware from a kiln site in southern Thailand.
Northern Thai Ceramics
Author: J. C. ShawThai-American Business
Author: 泰國雕塑藝術
Author: Hong Kong. Urban CouncilPublisher:
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Category : Buddhist sculpture
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Khmer Ceramics
Author: Dawn RooneyPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The Tongking Gulf Through History
Author: Nola CookePublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812205022
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Since 2005, a series of significant developments has been unfolding in the area of the Tongking Gulf under the rubric of an ambitious project called "Two Corridors and One Rim." Proposed by Vietnam in 2004 and enthusiastically embraced by China, the project is designed to link their shared shores and hinterlands by superhighways and high-speed rail. An area that had seemed a backwater for two hundred years has suddenly become a dynamic engine of growth. Yet how innovative are these developments? Drawing on fresh historical insights and recent archaeological research in northern Vietnam and southern China, The Tongking Gulf Through History reveals that this region has long been a center of cultural, political, and economic exchange. From a historical point of view, contributors argue, the Gulf of Tongking has come full circle. Inspired by the Braudelian vision that regionality arises from long-term human interactions, essays avoid state-centered approaches of nationalist histories to focus on local communities throughout the Gulf. In doing so, they reveal a complex pattern of interrelationships and geopolitical factors that has shaped the gulf region for over two millennia. The first half of the volume covers the era from the Neolithic to the tenth century, when an independent state emerged from old Chinese Jiaozhi, or modern northern Vietnam; the second surveys the nine centuries that followed, in which only two states came to share the maritime shores of the Tongking Gulf. Together, the essays illuminate how millennia of recurring human interactions within this geographical space have created a regional ensemble with its own longstanding historical integrity and dynamics.
Asia Through the Ages
Author: Patricia A. DawsonPublisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1502606844
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Traverse through Asia in this fascinating book covering China, India, Japan, and more. Learn about the religions, philosophies, and leaders of Asia from the dawn of time to Imperialism.