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The cycle of life in the paintings of Thai artist Pichai Nirand / Philip Constable.
LIBRA ND1023.P45 C66 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Constable, Philip, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhism in art.
- Life cycle, Human, in art.
- Phichai Niran, 1936-.
- Phichai Niran.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 108 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Pichai Nirand
- Place of Publication:
- Chiang Mai, Thailand : Silkworm Books, 2020.
- Contents:
- 1 Pichai Nirand and Modern Thai Painting p. 1
- 2 Thai Art as "Traditional Spirit" and 'Afflux of Intellectual and Artistic Ideas" p. 9
- 3 A Geology of Knowledge: The Cycle of Life p. 16
- 4 The Buddhapada: Lord Buddha's Footprint p. 34
- 5 The Lotus Paintings: A Geometry of Buddhist Knowledge p. 45
- 6 Lord Buddha's Miracles: Towards a Thai Buddhist Order p. 57
- 7 The Buddhapada: Artistic Template for a Changing Society p. 66
- 8 The Traiphum: Artistic Cosmology of Social Mindfulness p. 77
- 9 The Cycle of Life in the Paintings of Pichai Nirand p. 87.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-108).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9786162151552
- OCLC:
- 1129157649
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