Thai Art

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Thai Art

• Sukhothai
• Ayutthaya
• Bangkok
• Fisher, pp. 172-183

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Term Paper

• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento (visit Asian Art
  Gallery by yourself)
• Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (class meets on
  Saturday March 5th at 1 p.m.), February 19-May 8,
  2005
• The Witt Gallery, The tradition Continues Thai
  Art from the Past into the Present, April 19-
  April 28, 2005
• Paper 4-5 page-long focus on one or couple of
  objects DEADLINE Wednesday April 27, 2005

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Thai art

• Sukhothai (13th-15th centuries)
• Ayutthaya (1350-1767) Kingdom of Siam
• Bangkok (1782-present)
• Language in central Thailand Mon-Khmer and Thai

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Buddhism in Thailand

• Hinayana (Theravada is one of the 18 sects
  practiced in SEA in the 6th)
• Mahayana Buddhism from NE India (in the regions
  under Cambodian rulers)
• Theravada Buddhism from Burma
• Theravada Buddhism from Sri Lanka

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Theravada Buddhism

• Focus Sakyamuni Buddha, his past lives
  (especially the last Ten Human Lives
  (Thotsachat), his teaching, and monks
• Goals reach nirvana, to be born in a paradise,
  to be born during the time of Maitreya Buddha,
  Future Buddha
• Religious practice merit making (punya)

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Buddhist Art

• Thai Buddha images sitting, standing, walking,
  and reclining
• Most popular hand gestures earth-touching hand
  gesture and meditation
• Follows the 32 major characteristics and 80 minor
  characteristics
• Media stone, brick and stucco, bronze

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159 Seated Buddha in earth-touching hand gesture,
Sukhothai, 14th century
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158 Walking Buddha, Sukhothai, 14th century
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The Descent from Trayastrimsa, Wat Phra Phai Luang
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Painting

• Manuscripts (sutra) depict scenes from the
  Buddhas life and his past lives (jatakas) made
  of paper and painted with tempera
• Mural painting

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161 Birth scene of the Buddha, Ayutthaya, 1776
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Hair-cutting, Bangkok, 18th century
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Sujata offering of food, Bangkok, 19th century
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The Attack of Mara, Bangkok, 19th century
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160 Descent from Trayastrimsa, Ayutthaya, 18th
century
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The descent from Trayastrimsa, Bangkok, 19th
century
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The Miracle of Sravaasti, Bangkok, 19th century
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Parinirvana scene, 18th century
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Ayutthaya period

• Kingdom of Siam
• 1350-1800
• Buddhist art was influenced by Khmer art,
  Sukhothai art, and Sri Lankan art

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Wat Panan choeng, Ayutthaya, 15th century
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Face of a Buddha image, Ayutthaya period, 15th
century
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Raksmi, Ayutthaya, 16th century
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Seated Buddha in earth-touching hand gesture,
Ayutthaya, 15th C.
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Head of Buddha, Ayutthaya, 15th century
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Buddha image, Ayutthaya 15th century
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Votive Tablet, Ayutthaya, 15th century
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Buddha image, Ayutthaya, 16th century
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Bejewelled Buddha image, Ayutthaya, late 16th c.
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Bejewelled Buddha, Ayutthaya, 17-18th century
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Bejewelled Buddha, Ayutthaya, 17th century
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Sankhalok (ceramic), Ayutthaya period, 15th
century