Author: Elizabeth Moore
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781872727776
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A celebration of Thailand's ancient capitals which ranges through Ayutthaya and the twin cities of Sukhothai and Srisachanalai, reviewing the glories of Thai art and architecture.
Ancient Capitals of Thailand
Author: Elizabeth Moore
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781872727776
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A celebration of Thailand's ancient capitals which ranges through Ayutthaya and the twin cities of Sukhothai and Srisachanalai, reviewing the glories of Thai art and architecture.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781872727776
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A celebration of Thailand's ancient capitals which ranges through Ayutthaya and the twin cities of Sukhothai and Srisachanalai, reviewing the glories of Thai art and architecture.
Ancient Capitals of Thailand
Author: Ben Davies
Publisher:
ISBN: 9786167277035
Category : Thailand
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9786167277035
Category : Thailand
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
A History of Ayutthaya
Author: Chris Baker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108121438
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Early European visitors placed Ayutthaya alongside China and India as the great powers of Asia. Yet in 1767 the city was destroyed and its history has been neglected. This book is the first study of Ayutthaya from its emergence in the thirteenth century until its fall. It offers a wide-ranging view of social, political, and cultural history with focus on commerce, kingship, Buddhism, and war. By drawing on a wide range of sources including chronicles, accounts by Europeans, Chinese, Persians, and Japanese, law, literature, art, landscape, and language, the book presents early Siam as a 'commercial' society, not the peasant society usually assumed. Baker and Phongpaichit attribute the fall of the city not to internal conflict or dynastic decline but failure to manage the social and political consequences of prosperity. This book is essential reading for all those interested in the history of Southeast Asia and the early modern world.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108121438
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Early European visitors placed Ayutthaya alongside China and India as the great powers of Asia. Yet in 1767 the city was destroyed and its history has been neglected. This book is the first study of Ayutthaya from its emergence in the thirteenth century until its fall. It offers a wide-ranging view of social, political, and cultural history with focus on commerce, kingship, Buddhism, and war. By drawing on a wide range of sources including chronicles, accounts by Europeans, Chinese, Persians, and Japanese, law, literature, art, landscape, and language, the book presents early Siam as a 'commercial' society, not the peasant society usually assumed. Baker and Phongpaichit attribute the fall of the city not to internal conflict or dynastic decline but failure to manage the social and political consequences of prosperity. This book is essential reading for all those interested in the history of Southeast Asia and the early modern world.
Ancient Sukhothai
Author: Dawn Rooney
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This guide covers the history and art of the early Kingdom of Sukhothai, which was situated in the fertile Yam River basin of north-central Thailand and comprises the cities of Sukhothai, Si Stachanalai and Kamphaeng Phet. Renowned for artistic achievement in the mid-thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, influences from earlier inhabitants of the area and neighbouring kingdoms were overlaid with Theravada Buddhist ideas from Sinhalese culture to create a unique style that is recognized today as 'classic' Thai art. As well as providing an in-depth survey of over 80 temples in the three sites and highlighting the masterpieces from related museums, author Dawn Rooney discusses the art and architecture of the period, with a special section on ceramics. The author takes the reader on a journey to the early Kingdom of Sukhothai and explores the remains and cultural heritage of this sacred site. AUTHOR: Dawn Rooney has lived and worked in Thailand for 30 years and is an expert in Southeast Asian Art. She has a PhD in ceramics. 395 colour illustrations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This guide covers the history and art of the early Kingdom of Sukhothai, which was situated in the fertile Yam River basin of north-central Thailand and comprises the cities of Sukhothai, Si Stachanalai and Kamphaeng Phet. Renowned for artistic achievement in the mid-thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, influences from earlier inhabitants of the area and neighbouring kingdoms were overlaid with Theravada Buddhist ideas from Sinhalese culture to create a unique style that is recognized today as 'classic' Thai art. As well as providing an in-depth survey of over 80 temples in the three sites and highlighting the masterpieces from related museums, author Dawn Rooney discusses the art and architecture of the period, with a special section on ceramics. The author takes the reader on a journey to the early Kingdom of Sukhothai and explores the remains and cultural heritage of this sacred site. AUTHOR: Dawn Rooney has lived and worked in Thailand for 30 years and is an expert in Southeast Asian Art. She has a PhD in ceramics. 395 colour illustrations
Ayudhya, Ancient Capital of Thailand
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ayudhya
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ayudhya
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Ayutthaya, the Former Thai Capital
Author: Nidda Hongvivat
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (Thailand : Province)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Ayutthaya was the Thai capital before the Palace was moved downstream to Bangkok, a distance of some 85 kilometres. Since the mid 14th century Ayutthaya (Ayudhya) had been one of the principal cities of Southeast Asia. It enjoyed a period of almost unbroken prosperity that lasted 417 years through 35 reigns. Here is an illustrated introduction to the unique character of this exotic island civilization.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (Thailand : Province)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Ayutthaya was the Thai capital before the Palace was moved downstream to Bangkok, a distance of some 85 kilometres. Since the mid 14th century Ayutthaya (Ayudhya) had been one of the principal cities of Southeast Asia. It enjoyed a period of almost unbroken prosperity that lasted 417 years through 35 reigns. Here is an illustrated introduction to the unique character of this exotic island civilization.
Popular History of Thailand
Author: Manich Jumsai (M.L.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Thailand
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Thailand
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Nakhon Sri Thammarat
Author: Stuart C. Munro-Hay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
A History of Thailand
Author: Rong Syamananda
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Thailand
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Thailand
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
My Country Thailand
Author: Phra Sarasas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Thailand
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Thailand
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description