عنوان

‭<The>‬ Golden Lands: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand & Vietnam

Number

51414

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

eng

Title Proper

‭‬ Golden Lands: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand & Vietnam

First Statement of Responsibility

\ Vikram Lall

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

; editorial direction Joan Foo Mahony.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

: Abbeville

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

, 2014

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

280 p.

Other Physical Details

illustrations (chiefly col)

Text of Note

Index

Text of Note

A chronology of selected Buddhist monuments --The theoretical framework --Myanmar : I. history : Emergence of early settlements ; The advent of Buddhism: myth and reality ; Early material ; The cultural influence of India ; The Pyus: the culture, cities and buildings Peikthano; Sri Ksetra ; The Mons of lower Myanmar ; The cultural region of the Rakhines ; The Burmans and the kingdom of Pagan --II. Architectural characteristics : Buddhist architecture in Myanmar, mainly of the Pagan : Monument categories ; Stupas ; Temples: two distinct plan types ; Temples: interiority ; 'Gu': the notion of the cave ; Ordination halls ; Monasteries ; The phenomenal use of brick ; Pentagonal ; The Sri Lankan influence ; Mahabodhi: copy of an Indian model ; Resurgence of wood and ; a representation of Mount Meru ; scripture in stone --III. Selected examples :Manuha ; Pitaka Taik ; Ananda ; --Vietnam : I. history : Buddhism during the millennium before the 10th century and ; The 10th century: Buddhism under early independent kingdoms ; From the 11th to the 13th the Ly dynasty and the golden age of Buddhism ; The 13th to the 15fh centuries CE: the Tran dynasty ; THe 15th to the 16th centuries: The revival of Confucianism ; The 17th and 18th centuries: the restored Ly dynasty ; th 19th and 20th centuries --II. Architectural characteristics : Site selection ; Wooden buildings ; THe temple and its different halls ; Planning typologies of the temples ; of altars and statues --III. Selected examples : Dau Pagoda ; Mot Cot ; But Thap ; Thay Temple --Indonesia : I. Architectural history : Co-existence of Hinduism and Buddhism ; The Srivijaya kingdom and the emergence of Buddhism ; Srivijaya's architectural heritage ; The golden age of Buddhism in Java --II. Architectural characteristics : Candi: a single shrine structure ; The square plan ; The mandalic planning and mountain temples --III. Selected examples : Candi Kalasan ; Candi Mendut ; --Cambodia : I. Architectural history : Leading up to Angkor ; King Jayavarman VII ; The decline of the Khmers --II. Architectural characteristics : The temple-mountains ; Prasats and Gopuras ; Transformation of Prasat into face-tower ; The Quincunx ; Water in Cambodian religious architecture ; Other buildings in a monastic precinct ; Building materials --III. Selected examples : Ta Prohm ; Preah Khan ; Neak Pean --Thailand : I. Architectural history : Mon and Dvaravati ; Sinhalese and Srivijaya influences ; The Khmer legacy ; The Tai Ascendant: Sukhothai ; Ayutthaya: revival of the Khmer legacy --II. Architectural characteristics : Symbolism: Hindu, Buddhist ; The central shrine: the Prang and the Chedi ; The assembly halls: Ubosot or Bot and Wihan --III. examples : Wat Mahathat, Sukhothai ; Wat Arun ; Wat Suthat --Laos : I. Architectural history : The articulation of the Buddhist notions of space and form ; Efflorescence of Buddhism and ; The revival of a Buddhist identity --II. Architectural characteristics : The monastic precinct: the Vat ; The main building or central shrine hall: the Sim ; Other buildings in a vat ; Stylistic classifications of temples in Luang Prabang --III. Selected examples : Tat Luang ; Vat Xieng Thong ; Vat Mai --Glossary.

Architecture -- Southeast Asia -- Designs and plans.

Buddhist architecture -- Southeast Asia.

معماری -- آسیای جنوب شرقی -- طرح و نفشه

معماری بودایی -- آسیای جنوب شرقی

Lall, Vikram

لال، ویکرام