The art and architecture of thailand : from prehistoric times through the thirteenth century / Hiram Woodward.
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TextSeries: Handbook of oriental studies. section 3 southeast asia: Publisher: [S.l.] : Brill Academic Publishers, 2005Edition: 2nd edDescription: 297 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 9004144404 (hardcover); 9789004144408 (hardcover)Subject(s): Architecture | Art, Thai | ThailandDDC classification: 709.59309021 LOC classification: N7321Online resources: Amazon.com Summary: Written sources on Thai history are scarce. It took Hiram Woodward many years of painstaking archaeological and art-historical research to finally piece together this first ever comprehensive survey work on the art and architecture of Thailand from the earliest times until the establishment of the Thai-speaking kingdoms. The book, organized geographically and chronologically, covers four eras: the prehistoric period; the period characterized by the culture of the kingdom of Dvaravati; the centuries of Khmer dominance; and, as classical Khmer civilization waned, the period of the struggle for identity. A systematic and elucidating history of pre-fourteenth-century Thailand in a volume indispensable to historians of art, religion, politics, and society.
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Written sources on Thai history are scarce. It took Hiram Woodward many years of painstaking archaeological and art-historical research to finally piece together this first ever comprehensive survey work on the art and architecture of Thailand from the earliest times until the establishment of the Thai-speaking kingdoms. The book, organized geographically and chronologically, covers four eras: the prehistoric period; the period characterized by the culture of the kingdom of Dvaravati; the centuries of Khmer dominance; and, as classical Khmer civilization waned, the period of the struggle for identity. A systematic and elucidating history of pre-fourteenth-century Thailand in a volume indispensable to historians of art, religion, politics, and society.
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