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The cycle of life in the paintings of Thai artist Pichai Nirand : Philip Constable

Author(s): Constable, Philip | Nirand, Pichai

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Main Title

The cycle of life in the paintings of Thai artist Pichai Nirand

Author(s)

Nirand, Pichai
Constable, Philip

Publisher

Chiang Mai : Silkworm Books, 2020

Collation

viii, 108 pages : color illustrations
24 cm

ISBN

9786162151552

Dewey Class

759.9593

Contents

Introduction -- 1. Pichai Nirand and Modern Thai Painting -- 2. Thai Art as "Traditional Spirit" and "Afflux of Intellectual and Artistic Ideas" -- 3. A Geology of Knowledge: The Cycle of Life -- 4. The Buddhapada: Lord Buddha's Footprint -- 5. The Lotus Paintings: A Geometry of Buddhist Knowledge -- 6. Lord Buddha's Miracles: Towards a Thai Buddhist Order -- 7. The Buddhapada: Artistic Template for a Changing Society -- 8. The Traiphum: Artistic Cosmology of Social Mindfulness -- 9. The Cycle of Life in the Paintings of Pichai Nirand.

Language

English

Subject

Buddhist art -- Thailand
Phichai Niran, -- 1936-

BRN

9921

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