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Sukhothai: Its History, Culture, and Art

Categorie	Geschiedenis Azië
Boeknummer	#312234-VC21
Titel	Sukhothai: Its History, Culture, and Art
Auteur	Gosling, Betty
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij	Oxford University Press
Jaar van uitgave	1991
ISBN10	0195889843
ISBN13	9780195889840
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original pictoril boards, map on endpapers, a lot of illustrations in colour and b/w, lqarge 8vo.
Samenvatting	Referred to as "the cradle of Thai culture", the city of Sukhothai in north-central Thailand now lies in extensive and impressive ruins that are a testimony to a period from the mid-thirteenth to the mid-fifteenth centuries of the accomplishments of this independent city in the fields of architecture, sculpture, painting, and ceramics. Despite the historical importance ascribed to Sukhothai in laying the political, cultural, and artistic foundations for the modern day Thai state, the facts of its founding, growth, and decline have been shrouded until fairly recently in mystery, being largely dependent on an unreliable oral tradition. Drawing on twentieth-century study of scores of abandoned stone inscriptions and archaeological research, Gosling paints a rich picture of the polit... (Lees verder)ical, religious, and cultural life of the Sukhothai period.
Pagina's	123
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 25,00

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