Enlightened ways: the many streams of Buddhist art in Thailand

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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.