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Enlightened ways: the many streams of Buddhist art in Thailand

Contents

Foreword / Alan Chong -- The many streams of Buddhist art in Thailand / Heidi Tan -- The aesthetics of devotion: Buddhist arts of Thailand / Peter Skilling -- The walking Buddha in Thailand / John Listopad -- Naming the Buddha: Thai terms for images of the Buddha / Amara Srisuchat -- A Buddha in the palm of your hand: amulets in Thai Buddhism / Justin McDaniel -- Trees of offering: the Salak Yom festival in Lamphun province / Alexandra Denes -- Catalogue / Heidi Tan ... [et al.]. Periods of Thai art: Early confluences, prehistory to the 7th century ; Dvaravati culture, 6th to 9th century ; Srivijaya empire 7th to 13th century ; Lopburi: Khmer influence, 11th to 13th century ; Sukthothai kingdom, mid-13th to late 16th century ; Lan Na kingdom, 13th to 18th century ; Auytthaya kingdom, 1351-1767 ; Rattanakosin period, 1782 to present -- Brahamanism in Thailand -- Merit making. Tablets ; Ceramics ; Ritual furnishings ; Manuscripts and paintings ; Textiles ; Amulets and the art of protection.

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Publisher

  • Publication

    Singapore: Asian Civilisations Museum, c2012

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  • Subject

  • ca. 500-1930

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  • ISBN

    • 9810746288
    • 9789810746285

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  • Notes

    "Published for the exhibition, Enlightened ways: the many streams of Buddhist art in Thailand, presented at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, 30 November 2012 to 17 April 2013. Organized by the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, in collaboration with the Fine Art Department, Ministry of Culture, Thailand"--T.p. verso.

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