Modern Art in Thailand Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries |
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| Author:
| Apinan Poshyananda, Apinan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-588562-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1992 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $99.95 |
Book Description:
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This is the first comprehensive account of the development of modern art in Thailand. Its central focus is to trace the main thread of eclecticism that characterizes modern Thai art, and to show how foreign influences, as well as Buddhism, local traditions, and folk cultures, served as catalysts in the development of styles.
This is the first comprehensive account of the development of modern art in Thailand. Its central focus is to trace the main thread of eclecticism that characterizes modern Thai art, and to show how foreign influences, as well as Buddhism, local traditions, and folk cultures, served as catalysts in the development of styles.