The art and architecture of Thailand : from prehistoric times through the thirteenth century / by Hiram Woodward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodward, Hiram W.

Series:

Handbuch der Orientalistik. Sudostasien ; Dritte Abteilung, 14. Bd.

Handbook of oriental studies. Section 3, South-East Asia, 0169-9571 ; v. 14 = Handbuch der Orientalistik

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Thai.

Architecture--Thailand--History.

Architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

The Geographic, Prehistoric, and Ethnographic Setting

The First Millennium A. D.

The Cambodian Expansion

Creating a New Order

Inscriptions Cited

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-263) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-86827-9

9786610868278

1-4294-5339-7

90-474-0774-1

1-4337-0719-5

OCLC:

191036978

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047407744 DOI