Thai Art - Photography in Thailand, Thai Architecture, Airavata, History of Eastern Art, Pierre Rossier, Ercole Manfredi, Germaine Krull (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Photography in Thailand, Thai architecture, Airavata, History of Eastern art, Pierre Rossier, Ercole Manfredi, Germaine Krull, Iconography of Gautama Buddha in Laos and Thailand, John Thomson, Thai temple art and architecture, Silpathorn Award, Brian Brake, Buddha images in Thailand, Nong Phok District, Emile Gsell, Architecture of Thailand, Golden Buddha, Negretti and Zambra, Vegetable carving, Sala Keoku, Womanifesto, Dan Kwian Pottery Village, Florian Witulski, Sanctuary of Truth, Wilhelm J. Burger, Nick Nostitz, Thai contemporary art, Thai Buddha, Chofah, Luang Phor Phet, Benjarong, Lek Viriyaphant, Surojana Sethabutra. Excerpt: The history of Eastern art includes a vast range of influences from various cultures and religions. Developments in Eastern art historically parallel those in Western art, in general a few centuries earlier. African art, Islamic art, Indian art, Korean Art, Chinese art, and Japanese art each had significant influence on Western art, and, vice-versa. is art of Hindu-Javanese origin that grew from the work of artisans of the Majapahit Kingdom, with their expansion to Bali in the late 13th century. From the 16th until the 20th centuries, the village of Kamasan, Klungkung (East Bali), was the centre of classical Balinese art. During the first part of the 20th century, new varieties of Balinese art developed. Since the late twentieth century, Ubud and its neighboring villages established a reputation as the center of Balinese art. Ubud and Batuan are known for their paintings, Mas for their woodcarvings, Celuk for gold and silver smiths, and Batubulan for their stone carvings. Covarrubias describes Balinese art as, ..". a highly developed, although informal Baroque folk art that combines the peasant liveliness with the refinement of classicism of Hinduistic Java, but free of the conservative ...