The Cycle Of Life In The Paintings Of Thai Artist Pichai Nirand

Author : Philip Constable
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9786162151552
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cycle of Life in the Paintings of Thai Artist Pichai Nirand written by Philip Constable and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paintings of contemporary Thai artist Pichai Nirand (b. 1936) are a vivid exploration of the interplay between Thailand's Buddhist roots and its modern aspirations and struggles. Pichai engages fully with the world and belief system around him. Accompanying the full-color paintings is an incisive examination of the Thai moral and social themes of Pichai's paintings in terms of the Buddhist cycle of life. Philip Constable's sensitive analysis of the social, political, economic, and moral dimensions affecting the artist, coupled with careful reference to other contemporary Thai artists, illuminates the deep meaning and expression behind each painting. This book showcases a celebrated Thai artist who has spent a lifetime providing a Thai Buddhist perspective on the dilemmas and contradictions of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Author : Apinan Poshyananda
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Art in Thailand written by Apinan Poshyananda and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special attention is given in the early chapters to King Chulalongkorn, whose patronage played a major role in disseminating Western art in Bangkok, and to the Italian art teacher, Silpa Bhirasri, a pivotal figure in the institutional development of modern art in Thailand in the 1930s and 1940s.

Author : Gwyneth Chaturachinda
Publisher : Silkworm Books
ISBN 13 : 1943932158
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of South & Southeast Asian Art written by Gwyneth Chaturachinda and published by Silkworm Books. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This basic dictionary of South and Southeast Asian art offers clear and concise explanations of hundreds of useful terms. With over 1,300 entries and 112 line illustrations, this volume makes a handy reference for anyone interested and engaged in South and Southeast Asia Entries range from terms encountered in South and Southeast Asian history, religion, mythology, literature, to those specific to art and architecture, and are drawn from the diverse religious traditions of the region.

Author : David P Chandler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429981619
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brother Number One written by David P Chandler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Excellent and absorbing.... Indispensable to any attempt to understand the Khmer Rouge." -William Shawcross New York Review of Books "A dramatic account of Pol Pot's rise to power in 1975 and his direction of Cambodia's autogenocide.... David Chandler has given us an absorbing and authoritative portrait of Brother Number One and a fascinating insight into Cambodia's cruel history." —Frederick Z. Brown New York Times Book Review "This first biography of Pol Pot is valuable not just for what it tells us about Cambodia's past, but for helping us understand the present and perhaps predict the future.... Superbly written, pioneering work. Chandler makes up for the paucity of details about Pol Pot's life by painting a rich tableau of his times and setting out the historical context of his policies.... The only plausible portrait of the man whose gentle persona and brutal actions remain an enduring paradox." -Nayan Chanda Far Eastern Economic Review "This book is particularly welcome. Although a work of scholarship, [it] has the fast pace of a thriller.... [Chandler's] analysis rings true, and he has no ideological axe to grind; he is willing to go where the evidence takes him." -Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly "Chandler's gracefully written biography of the enigmatic revolutionary of this century, Saloth Sar (alias Pol Pot), deserves wide readership.... Chandler successfully walks a fine line, condemning Pol Pot and all his works, but trying to understand what motivates him.... Recommended without reservation." -Choice "No biographer could hope for a more elusive or enigmatic subject than Pol Pot. From interviews and extensive research, Chandler pieces together a riveting account of the life of this inaccessible man who was alternately mild mannered, cultivated, and genocidal.... Highly recommended." -Library Journal In Cambodia's recent, tragic past, no figure looms larger or more ominously than that of Pol Pot. In this revised edition of the first book-length study of the man, the historian David P. Chandler throws light on the shadowy figure of Pol Pot, illuminating the ideas and behavior of this enigmatic man and his entourage against the background of post-World War II events, providing a key to understanding this horrific, pivotal period of Cambodian history.

Author : Steven Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Opium Antiques written by Steven Martin and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores an aspect of opium that has largely been ignored--the art and accoutrements associated with opium smoking that reached a pinnacle in nineteenth-century China and in Chinese communities abroad, from Saigon to Singapore to San Francisco.

Author : Susan Morgan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520933990
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bombay Anna written by Susan Morgan and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-07-07 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you thought you knew the story of Anna in The King and I, think again. As this riveting biography shows, the real life of Anna Leonowens was far more fascinating than the beloved story of the Victorian governess who went to work for the King of Siam. To write this definitive account, Susan Morgan traveled around the globe and discovered new information that has eluded researchers for years. Anna was born a poor, mixed-race army brat in India, and what followed is an extraordinary nineteenth-century story of savvy self-invention, wild adventure, and far-reaching influence. At a time when most women stayed at home, Anna Leonowens traveled all over the world, witnessed some of the most fascinating events of the Age of Empire, and became a well-known travel writer, journalist, teacher, and lecturer. She remains the one and only foreigner to have spent significant time inside the royal harem of Siam. She emigrated to the United States, crossed all of Russia on her own just before the revolution, and moved to Canada, where she publicly defended the rights of women and the working class. The book also gives an engrossing account of how and why Anna became an icon of American culture in The King and I and its many adaptations.

Author : O'ong Maryono
Publisher : Silkworm Books
ISBN 13 : 1943932190
Total Pages : 974 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pencak Silat for Future Generations written by O'ong Maryono and published by Silkworm Books. This book was released on 2015-10-10 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual lays out techniques of the Keluarga Pencak Silat Nusantara (KPSN), one of the leading pencak silat organizations in Indonesia. Moving from the fundamental elements—stances and strikes—to exploring complex series of moves for exercise, self-defense, and competition, the manual shows the richness and uniqueness of this still relatively unknown martial art. The concise text and attractive illustrations provide an easy learning tool for beginners or enthusiasts looking to expand their knowledge of pencak silat.

Author : Ralph Isaacs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9786162150739
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Woven Miniatures of Buddhist Art, Sazigyo written by Ralph Isaacs and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Published with a grant from the James H. W. Thompson Foundation"--T.p. verso.

Author : Angelene Naw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aung San and the Struggle for Burmese Independence written by Angelene Naw and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Donald Gear
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789747551204
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earth to Heaven written by Donald Gear and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprised mainly of new and original information, this volume will be of value as a resource for both the specialist and non-specialist -- those who appreciate the region, its peoples, and their history; the artistic beauty and symbolism of its ancient weights; and the metrology and relations of the weights to the various kinds of currency formerly in use. In particular, the book will appeal to the historical metrologist, the oriental numismatist, the art historian, the symbolist, the ethnologist, the antiquarian, the dealer, the collector, the oriental museum curator, the specialist librarian, and the scholar of oriental studies. Earth to Heaven describes the physical characteristics of the weights and their relationships, their manufacture, standardization and usage as well as the various motifs, their origins and transference to Burma. It also includes a fascinating discussion of the different animal shapes and their symbolic significance.