The Arts Of Thailand

Author : Steve Van Beek
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781462906765

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The Arts of Thailand examines the stunning visual history of Art in Thailand. Blending a multiplicity of cultural influences with their own artistic genius, the Thai people have created some of the world's finest art. In this definitive introduction to Thai art, author Steve Van Beek takes a wide-ranging look at how these diverse forces were fused into a wealth of art forms which are uniquely Thai. As a means to a fuller understanding of Thai culture, he explores the symbolism of architecture, sculptures, and painting. The Arts of Thailand also covers contemporary art and the minor arts. The text by Steve Van Beek, a 30 year resident of Asia with a special interest in art, is based on exhaustive research in museums, libraries, architectural sites and Thai temples, as well as interviews with collectors and art historians.

Author : Promsak Jermsawatdi
Publisher : Abhinav Publications
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Art, Buddhist
ISBN : 8170170907

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Thai Art with Indian Influences by Promsak Jermsawatdi Pdf

The Present Book, Thai Art With Indian Influences, Studies The Subject In Its Different Spheres. As A Major Pioneering Scholar In The Field, Dr. Promsak Jermsawatdi Possesses An Extraordinary Background In Art History, Aesthetics And Asian History And Philosophy. This Fascinating Study Is One Of His Finest Works Which Will Continue To Be Regarded As One Of The Most Significant Contributions To Our Understanding Of Thai And Indian Art For A Long Time To Come. Divided Into Five Chapters, The Book Takes Into Account Material From The Earliest Archaeological Finds Through The Bangkok Period Including The Early Art And Craft Works. Most Of The Study Deals With Thai Art But India And The Peripheries Of South East Asia Are Covered Where They Reflect Indian Influences. The Focus Of This Study Is Upon Architecture, Sculpture And Iconography. However, It Also Encompasses Other Aspects Of Art And Crafts. Background Information On The History And Geography Of The Area Is Also Provided Along With Philosophical Religious And Social Insights That Are Significantly Valuable To Readers In General And Those Of South-East Asia And India In Particular.As A Student Of Ancient History And Art In India, Dr. Promsak Jermsawatdi Was Deeply Sensitive To The Beauty Of Thai And Indian Art Works. As A Result, The Illustrations He Had Selected Are Unusually Pertinent And Fitting, Comprising Some Of The Most Impressive Examples Of Thai Art. Students Of The History Of Oriental Art Could Ask For No Finer Exposition Of The History And Aesthetics Of Thai And Indian Art. The Author S Penetrating Cultural Insights Make It An Indispensable Text For All Who Plan Further Study In The Field. This Is Also A Book Which General Readers Will Read With Great Interest And Pleasure.

Author : Steve Van Beek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:773210774

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An Introduction to the Arts of Thailand by Steve Van Beek Pdf

Author : Piriya Krairœ̄k
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art, Thai
ISBN : 6167339112

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The Roots of Thai Art by Piriya Krairœ̄k Pdf

This book, the latest work from one of Thailand's leading art historians, Piriya Krairiksh represents the culmination of 30 years research by the author and is sure to be a definitive account of Thai Art History and a major art reference book. It covers 700 years of Thai art history, and looks at both Buddhist and Hindi art from the 5th to 13th centuries. This extensive study incorporates paintings, pottery and architecture, and looks at the mythology surrounding each. The author has been granted access to many private collections, including that of HM The King of Thailand's own collection, as well other private collectors and also many museums. Never before has such a vast collection of items, many never before catalogued in book form, been collected in one place and placed within a contextual overview of the development of Thai Art. Lavishly illustrated with 600 colour illustrations, this work will be a must for all collectors, academics and students of Thai Art, as well as general readers who have an interest in Southeast Asian art. Full Glossary and index are included. ILLUSTRATIONS: 600 colour

Author : David Teh
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780262035958

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Thai Art by David Teh Pdf

The interplay of the local and the global in contemporary Thai art, as artists strive for international recognition and a new meaning of the national. Since the 1990s, Thai contemporary art has achieved international recognition, circulating globally by way of biennials, museums, and commercial galleries. Many Thai artists have shed identification with their nation; but “Thainess” remains an interpretive crutch for understanding their work. In this book, the curator and critic David Teh examines the tension between the global and the local in Thai contemporary art. Writing the first serious study of Thai art since 1992 (and noting that art history and criticism have lagged behind the market in recognizing it), he describes the competing claims to contemporaneity, as staked in Thailand and on behalf of Thai art elsewhere. He shows how the values of the global art world are exchanged with local ones, how they do and don't correspond, and how these discrepancies have been exploited. How can we make sense of globally circulating art without forgoing the interpretive resources of the local, national, or regional context? Teh examines the work of artists who straddle the local and the global, becoming willing agents of assimilation yet resisting homogenization. He describes the transition from an artistic subjectivity couched in terms of national community to a more qualified, postnational one, against the backdrop of the singular but waning sovereignty of the Thai monarchy and sustained political and economic turmoil. Among the national currencies of Thai art that Teh identifies are an agricultural symbology, a Siamese poetics of distance and itinerancy, and Hindu-Buddhist conceptions of charismatic power. Each of these currencies has been converted to a legal tender in global art—signifying sustainability, utopia, the conceptual, and the relational—but what is lost, and what may be gained, in such exchanges?

Author : Robert L. Brown
Publisher : Marg Publications
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015049594016

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Art from Thailand by Robert L. Brown Pdf

This volume provides an overview of Thailand's rich artistic variety. Art found in Thailand (previously named Siam) stretches over more than two millennia. Of great importance and of special interest is a long and intimate relationship between Thailand and India of cultures and artistic traditions, Buddhist and Hindu. The book spans the fourth-nineteenth centuries, from the earliest Indian-related art up until the modern Bangkok period. Though widely studied, the art history of Thailand today is highly contentious and revisionist, and the articles here present recent research and opinions. The study of art from Thailand has progressed rapidly in the last decades. Scholars have new things to say, new theories, new dating, new ideas regarding artistic relationships and influences. This volume is timely as it presents writers who are involved in this rethinking. They include senior scholars and promising young academics.

Author : Indiana University, Bloomington. Art Museum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105031636066

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The Arts of Thailand by Indiana University, Bloomington. Art Museum Pdf

Author : Steve Van Beek,Luca Invernizzi Tettoni
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 962708803X

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The Arts of Thailand by Steve Van Beek,Luca Invernizzi Tettoni Pdf

Author : Hiram W. Woodward
Publisher : Handbook of Oriental Studies.
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015055901048

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The Art and Architecture of Thailand by Hiram W. Woodward Pdf

The first ever comprehensive survey work on the art and architecture of Thailand from the earliest times until the establishment of the Thai-speaking kingdoms. A systematic and elucidating history of pre-fourteenth-century Thailand in a volume indispensable to historians of art, religion, politics, and society.

Author : Silpa Bhirasri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015024721303

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Contemporary Art in Thailand by Silpa Bhirasri Pdf

Author : Forrest McGill,M.L. Pattaratorn Chirapravati
Publisher : Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-26
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015059208184

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The Kingdom of Siam by Forrest McGill,M.L. Pattaratorn Chirapravati Pdf

Presents the latest scholarship on Thailand's historic kingdom of Ayutthaya - or "Siam," as it was know in the West

Author : Indiana University
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Art, Thai
ISBN : OCLC:1412394137

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The Arts of Thailand by Indiana University Pdf

Author : Nicolas Verstappen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 6164510368

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The Art of Thai Comics by Nicolas Verstappen Pdf

Comics flourished following the publication of the first Thai comics strip in 1907. Artists borrowed elements from European and American publications, such as Punch magazine, and created uniquely Thai mash-ups. In the 1930s, one artist combined E. C. Segar's Popeye with the codes of local 'likay' theatre, while another used the neoclassical realism introduced by Italian painters appointed at the Siamese court to give eerie form to the folklore pantheon of Thai ghosts. During the Cold War era, horror tales, anti-communist propaganda and socially engaged graphic novels bore witness to the country's darker years. Then, in the 1990s, Thai comics struggled to compete with the sudden influx of unlicensed manga from Japan that led to a disregard for local efforts and its current 'forgotten' status. After a hiatus, Thai comics made a comeback in the late '90s with a quirky, alternative scene that deserves wider international recognition. Beautifully designed and bursting with stories - from 20th-century interpretations of age-old Buddhist legends to tales of modern-day millennial angst - 'The Art of Thai Comics' opens an enlightening and visually spectacular window onto the country's history, culture and creativity. In doing so, it reinstates Thai comics into the wider story of global comics art.

Author : Sin Phīrasrī
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:494134302

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Contemporary Art in Thailand by Sin Phīrasrī Pdf

Author : Steve Van Beek,Luca Invernizzi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015015266128

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An Introduction to the Arts of Thailand by Steve Van Beek,Luca Invernizzi Pdf