In the exhibition entitled "The Arts of Thailand", which recently completed a tour of the United States and which will later be seen in Europe, there's a bronze image of the standing Buddha wearing the crown of royalty. The image which is 1.87 m. high and belongs to the Monastery of the Fifth King (Pencamapabitra), Bangkok, is of unknown provenance; and until recently its date was a matter of doubt. Though crowned Buddhas are rare in Sukhothai art, it is clearly a work of that school. We can be sure from the face, the suave modeling, and especially the ‘hallmark’ in the form of the little hooks at the lower coners of the robe. The figure ought to be dated in the 15th century, a time when Sukhothai had already lost its political independence (to Ayutthaya), but not its artistic inspiration.
The story of the Ramayana has been very popular in Thailand; there are many versions of the story. It is pronounced in Thai as Ramakian, which probably derives from the word Ramakirti in Sanskrit. The word Rama existed already during the Sukhothai period (about 1250-1450 AD). The story of the Ramayana was referred to several times in Thai literature during the Ayutthaya period (1350-1767 AD) but the extant manuscripts for dance drama exist only from the Thonburi period (1767-1782 AD).
In commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the International Council of Museums, the National council of museums of Thailand arranged an exhibition of masterpieces from private collections at the Bangkok National Museum from the 6th March-6th April 1968. Many famous art collectors in Bangkok participated in this exhibition from H.M. the King downwards and it was attended by 77,235 visitors. This volume mentions the ancient objects of Indian Amaravati or early Singhalese and of Dvaravati styles.
In commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the International Council of Museums, the National council of museums of Thailand arranged an exhibition of masterpieces from private collections at the Bangkok National Museum from the 6th March-6th April 1968. Many famous art collectors in Bangkok participated in this exhibition from H.M. the King downwards and it was attended by 77,235 visitors. Art specimens of the two following periods, the early Hindu images in Thailand and Srivijai will be described in this volume.
In commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the International Council of Museums, the National council of museums of Thailand arranged an exhibition of masterpieces from private collections at the Bangkok National Museum from the 6th March-6th April 1968. Many famous art collectors in Bangkok participated in this exhibition from H.M. the King downwards and it was attended by 77,235 visitors. Now the objects of the Lopburi style will be described.
In commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the International Council of Museums, the National council of museums of Thailand arranged an exhibition of masterpieces from private collections at the Bangkok National Museum from the 6th March-6th April 1968. Many famous art collectors in Bangkok participated in this exhibition from H.M. the King downwards and it was attended by 77,235 visitors. Art objects of Sukothai period, regarded as the best period of Thai art, will be described.
In commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the International Council of Museums, the National council of museums of Thailand arranged an exhibition of masterpieces from private collections at the Bangkok National Museum from the 6th March-6th April 1968. Many famous art collectors in Bangkok participated in this exhibition from H.M. the King downwards and it was attended by 77,235 visitors. This volume will discuss Chiengsaen style, U-thong school, Ayutthaya and Rattanakosin periods.
บทความใน Journal of Siam Society ใน ค.ศ.1978 (พ.ศ.2521) เป็นบทความที่วิเคราะห์ประเด็นต่าง ๆ ของสถาปัตยกรรมปราสาทเมืองสิงห์ซึ่งอยู่ในระหว่างการขุดแต่งโดยกรมศิลปากร และวิเคราะห์ประเด็นประติมากรรมที่ค้นพบ เช่น พระโพธิสัตว์อวโลกิเตศวร
This is an article originally published in the Journal of Siam Society in 1978 focusing on the architecture and the sculpture during the excavation by the Fine Art Department. The article also studies the image of Avalokiteshvara discovered from the site.
By the word 'South East Asia', we would like to limit ourselves only to those countries that had received strong Indian cultural influence in the past, namely: Champa in the present day Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Burma, Malaysia and Indonesia. South East Asia lies between India and China and her civilization received the impetus from these two large countries. the main land of South East Asia or the peninsula of Indochina extends from China down to the south. though there are mountain chains which are difficult to cross, the large rivers on the peninsula have always been used as the means of communication: the Red River, the Mekong, the Chao Phaya River, the Salween and the Irrawaddy. Indonesia was probably connected in former times with Indochina. The knowledge on the development and interchanges of these arts in South East Asia can be further improved through the proper archaeological excavation in each country and the study of the evolution of motifs.
George Coedes is well known as the great historian and epigraphist of south-East Asia. For this book, Les peuples de la peninsule Indochinoise, the professor comments in his introduction that in the past 10 years historical books on South-East Asia and especially on Indochina have been mostly devoted to the events after the 15th century A.D. Nearly all of them have only a brief resume of the events of the earlier 1,500 years. He therefore wrote this book to balance the two periods but deals only with Indochina, excluding the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia.
