Suhothai Art , L' Art De Sukhothai

Sri-Aroon, Prof. Khunying Khaisri

Arts & Photography

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The Mergui Archipelago Project made five expeditions between 1998 and 2001. They resulted in the rediscovery of one of the most beautiful places on earth which had been isolated for many years. A cooperative scientific project had been set up to promote the local heritage, nomad culture and the Burmese historical and cultural inheritance. The reader will discover ancient rock paintings, the archaeological land marks of the Indian world on its way to Southeast Asia, the colorful history of the region since the first arrival of the Westerners; he will also share the Moken nomads way of life.

A Journey Through the Mergui Archipelago

Travel

Jacques Ivanoff

Asia

<p>This book was first published in 1974 and became a secret classic behind the spread of fengshui in the Western world. Its author, Stephan Feuchtwang, has now revised it and added a new chapter for this new edition, bringing the material up to date. It is a detailed treatment of fengshui as perceived and understood in Chinese manuals and in Chinese practice, but written for a Western readership. Feuchtwang also shows how it is related to landscape painting as well as to Chinese popular religion and ancestor worship. He adds his own understanding of fengshui as an aesthetic practice that is also a kind of divination, based on a model of the Universe. Readers who are fascinated by feng shui and want to know about Chinese cosmology, or who are interested in the anthropology of divination and cosmology, will be richly rewarded by this book.</p>

An Anthropological Analysis of Chinese Geomancy

Politics & Social Sciences

Stephan Feuchtwang

Anthropology

Rebellion in Laos: Peasant and Politics in a Colonial Backwater

History

Geoffrey C. Gunn

Thailand Stories

Spots SIGNED Leonard

The Pagoda War

Engineering & Transportation

A.T.Q. Stewart

Engineering

This is the first comprehensive book about Po Win Taung, a soft volcanic rock hill, situated to the north-west of Central Burma. It is a huge, multi-level religious complex with about 800 rock-cut caves, which vary from a simple meditation cell to an imposing temple. The facades are decorated in low and high relief, with some entrances flanked by human or animal sculptures in the round. The interiors of the grottoes contain numerous statues carved into the rock and over 100 caves are adorned with mural paintings illustrating traditional scenes (the 28 Buddha of the Past, previous lives of Buddha Gotama, and the Life of Buddha) including scenes of daily life. For the most part, the works of Po Win Taung date from the second Ava period (16th-18th centuries), and to a lesser extent, the colonial period (last quarter of the 19th until mid 20th century). This book defines the characteristics of the Nyaung Yan style, generally designated as the Ava style, which is little known to the art world. The artistic treasures of Po Win Taung allow us to explore and comprehend this style to a much greater extent. They show a profound syncretism harmonizing local pre-Buddhist beliefs and the fundamental teachings of Theravada Buddhism as well as the different sources of inspiration (Chinese, Indian, Portuguese, Siamese Muslim and European) which have influenced the Nyaung Yan style.

The Cave Temples of Po Win Taung, Central Burma: Architecture, Sculpture and Murals

Anne-May Chew

Architecture

<p>This is the radically revised and expanded version of the successful 1998 book The Legend of Siamese Cats. While retaining the former volume's core attraction of translations of the famous Thai Cat Book Poems from medieval times, this new book delves more deeply into the real Thai cats as they have progressed from then until the present day. Each major Thai breed--Siamese, Korat, Burmese and more--is covered extensively, including detailed genetic studies, their present status in Thailand and their history in the West. Special chapters have also been added on the cats? relations with Thai royalty and the Buddhist priesthood, and various myths about these venerable institutions are confirmed or disproved. A new chapter on the wide application of Thai cat bloodlines to develop western breeds well illustrates how Thailand is indeed a cat superpower. Finally, a new appendix reproduces the 1924 "Siamese Cat Register".</p>

Siamese Cats

Martin Clutterbuck

Gruschke, Andreas; Kham Vol. 2: The Qinghai Part of Kham This volume deals with the Qinghai Part of Kham and is a follow on book to Kham 1.

Kham, Vol. 2: The Qinghai Part of Kham (The Cultural Monuments of Tibet's Outer Provinces) by Andreas Gruschke (2005-04-01)

Participatory Approaches for Sustainable Land Use in Southeast Asia

Business & Money

Neef, Andreas

Economics

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