Buddhist Landscapes: Art and Archaeology of the Khorat Plateau, 7th to 11th Centuries
Autor Stephen Murphyen Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 sep 2024
The Khorat Plateau is a landscape of roughly 155,000 square kilometers of what is now northeast Thailand and central Laos. Despite the rich evidence for the region's dynamism and development in the metal age, knowledge of subsequent first millennium developments on the Khorat Plateau remains limited. This book provides a new picture of the region in the first and early second millennia, adding to the understanding of the development of Buddhism in Southeast Asia. Through a combination of archaeological and art historical analysis with a historical ecology approach, Murphy traces the outlines of Buddhism's spread into the region, along its major river systems. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and archaeological surveys, Murphy reveals the Khorat Plateau as having a distinctive Buddhist culture, including new forms of art and architecture, and a characteristic aesthetic.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789813252134
ISBN-10: 9813252138
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 95 color plates, 15 maps
Dimensiuni: 184 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.88 kg
Editura: Nus Press Pte Ltd
Colecția National University of Singapore Press
ISBN-10: 9813252138
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 95 color plates, 15 maps
Dimensiuni: 184 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.88 kg
Editura: Nus Press Pte Ltd
Colecția National University of Singapore Press
Notă biografică
Stephen Murphy is the Pratapaditya Pal Senior Lecturer in Curating and Museology of Asian Art at SOAS University of London.
Cuprins
List of Maps, Tables, and Figures
Technical Notes
Acknowledgments
1. Buddhist Art and Archaeology of the Khorat Plateau
2. The Chi River System: The Muang Fa Daed Mandala
3. Buddhist Art in the Upper and Lower Chi River System
4. The Mun River System: Sri Canasa and Buddhist Art in the Lower Khorat Plateau
5. The Middle Mekong: Buddhist Art from Vientiane to Wat Phu
6. Buddhist Landscapes of the Khorat Plateau
Bibliography
Appendix: Tables 1-11
Index
Technical Notes
Acknowledgments
1. Buddhist Art and Archaeology of the Khorat Plateau
2. The Chi River System: The Muang Fa Daed Mandala
3. Buddhist Art in the Upper and Lower Chi River System
4. The Mun River System: Sri Canasa and Buddhist Art in the Lower Khorat Plateau
5. The Middle Mekong: Buddhist Art from Vientiane to Wat Phu
6. Buddhist Landscapes of the Khorat Plateau
Bibliography
Appendix: Tables 1-11
Index
Recenzii
This book provides the most comprehensive study of the early Buddhist material and visual culture of the Khorat Plateau in Northeast Thailand and Central Laos. The images depicted on sima stones are not only evidence for some of the earliest Buddhist lineages, but also reflections of the people and their lives in the region from the 7th to the 11th centuries.
Explore the Khorat Plateau of the 7th to 11th centuries, where new forms of Buddhist organisation and practice were imagined and radiated out from Thailand’s Khorat Plateau. Guided by Murphy’s confident leadership through the art and archaeology, this landmark book offers a clear and compelling examination of a pivotal but difficult-to-study period.
Stephen Murphy blends archaeological sensibilities and data with art historical material to explore how Buddhism reshaped the Khorat Plateau in the 7th to 11th centuries. This integrative study builds a new premodern history of the region, and charts directions for future archaeological and art historical study.