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Preah Bot: Buddhist Painted Scrolls in Cambodia
Vittorio Roveda
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Description for Preah Bot: Buddhist Painted Scrolls in Cambodia
Paperback. These delightful, beautiful and sought-after paintings depict scenes from Buddha's life or the Jataka tale. With lavish illustrations throughout, the authors study both the religious meaning of the paintings as well as their artistic merit. Often tourist souvenirs, the best and older examples are highly sought-after by collectors. Num Pages: 151 pages, 169 col. BIC Classification: 1FMC; ACBP; AFC; AGR; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 171 x 10. Weight in Grams: 458.
Preah Bot are portable paintings on canvas which represent either single episodes from the life of the Buddha or from the Jataka tales, in particular the last ten stories, the birth tales of the Buddha. In the past they were presented by lay people to the monasteries during religious festivals as a means of merit-making. They may then have served as a substitute for murals in wooden temple buildings where murals were not possible. Following the acclaim for Buddhist Painting in Cambodia, Vittorio Roveda and Sotham Yem have sought to document both their aesthetics and their meaning before the ... Read more
Preah Bot are portable paintings on canvas which represent either single episodes from the life of the Buddha or from the Jataka tales, in particular the last ten stories, the birth tales of the Buddha. In the past they were presented by lay people to the monasteries during religious festivals as a means of merit-making. They may then have served as a substitute for murals in wooden temple buildings where murals were not possible. Following the acclaim for Buddhist Painting in Cambodia, Vittorio Roveda and Sotham Yem have sought to document both their aesthetics and their meaning before the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
River Books Thailand
Number of pages
151
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
458g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
, Thailand
ISBN
9789749863992
SKU
V9789749863992
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99-15
About Vittorio Roveda
Vittorio Roveda is Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies and is one of the world's pre-eminent scholars on the Khmer civilisation. He is the author of many books and academic papers, including 'Khmer Mythology, Images of the Gods' and 'Sacred Angkor'. In 2002 his interest in the Buddhist mural paintings in monasteries grew and this culminated ... Read more
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