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245 0 _aArts of Southeast Asia/
_cFiona Kerlogue
260 _aLondon;
_bThames & Hudson;
_c2004
300 _a224p;
_c21x15cm
490 _aThames & Hudson World of Art
520 _aA 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.
546 _aEnglish
650 _aN5300-7418 Visual Arts- History
651 _aSouth East Asia
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