Asian Art History / Christenson
slides - Thailand

Introduction

1. two-piece molds, bronze ax head, 2500 - 3000 bce

2. painted pots, 1200-1500 bce

3. painted pot, 200 ce

4. Akha women in traditional dress, (one of 6 main tribes - Karen, Hmong, Mien, Lahu, Akha, Lisu)

5. Map

6. Royal Procession by barg

7. Shrine of Sanjao Mae Tuptim, Bangkok

Mon “Dvaravati style” 7-8C

8. First Sermon of Buddha, Nakon Pathom,  7-8C

9. Buddha , limestone , 44”, Dvaravati style

10. Lokesvara, Chaiya Surathani, 8 -9c

11. stupa rebult 19c, Nok-on Pathom, (Dravati style)

Sukhothai 1240-1350

12. Wat Mahathat (Dawn of Happiness),c1300, Sukhothai, (ancient capital of N. Thailand)

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14. Wat Chang Lom, Chalieng, c1370

15. ruins, Sukhothai

16. Giant buddha, Sukhothai

17. Buddha statues, "

18. Wat Teppitakpunnaram, near Sukhothai

19. Buddha calling the earth, gilded bronze, 14c   70cm h.

20. Uma Companion of Siva, bronze 147cm

Lanna Kingdom (northern , 13-16c)

21. stucco wall figure, Wat Chet Yot, outside Chaing Mai, c 1477  (influence of Burma)

22. Wat Chet Yot, Chieng Mai (towers after Bodhgaya) Burmese influence

23. Chedi Kukut, Lampnum, c 1150

24. Golden Chedi on Doi Suthep, near Chiang Mai

25. Bodhisattva, gild bronze, Xieng Mai,  16c

Ayutthaya 1350-1767  (Ayuddiya or Ayodaya is also a name of a Sacred city in India)

26. map (city destroyed by Burmese 1633)

27. Wat Yai Chai Mongkol, Ayuttuya, 1357, view of grounds

28.  "    "    "    "     " , view of main chedi

29.   "    "    "    "     " ,view up main chedi

30.  "    "    "    "     " , view of main altar

31.  "    "    "    "     " , reclining Buddha

32. "    "    "    "     " ,close up of head

33.  "    "    "    "     " ,lines of seated Buddhas

34. Wat Sri Samphet, Ayutthaya, 1492 (two chedis built by Rama ThiBodi II, 1492, 3rd in 1540)

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36.  "    "    "    "     " ,w/ modern structure

37. "    "    "    "     " ,buddha

38. Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya, 14c  view

39.  "    "    "    "     " , founded by King Ramesuen, 1384

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41.   "    "    "    "     " , w/ Buddha head and tree

42. Wat Raj Burana, Ayutthaya, (built by King Boromaraja II, 1424)

43. Jim Thompson's house, Ayutthaya style,

44. Buddha, (Dvaravati style) 6-11c

45. "  " "   7-8c

46. finishing Bronze,

47. school of young monks, Wat Po, Bangkok