TY  - BOOK
TI  - Arts of Southeast Asia/ 
T2  - Thames & Hudson World of Art
SN  - 9780500203811
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London; 
PB  - Thames & Hudson; 
KW  - N5300-7418 Visual Arts- History
KW  - South East Asia
N2  - A totally new World of Art survey of artistic achievements in Southeast Asia from prehistory to the modern period. The pagodas of Burma, the temples of Angkor, the great Buddhist monument of Borobudurthese achievements of powerful courts and rulers are part of a broad artistic tradition including textiles, applied arts, vernacular architecture, and village crafts. Covering Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Burma, and the Philippines, Fiona Kerlogue examines the roots and development of the arts of this distinctive region from prehistory to the present day. Broadly chronological, the book traces the different religions that have shaped the region's historic culturesHinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianityfinishing with an exploration of the arts of the postcolonial period.
ER  -