Arts of Southeast Asia (World of Art)

Fiona Kerlogue

Softcover |15.24 x 1.78 x 21.08 cm | 224 pp

Thames & Hudson | 2004 | 9780500203811

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The pagodas of Burma, the temples of Angkor, the great Buddhist monument of Borobudur – these achievements are a familiar part of a broad artistic tradition that includes textiles, sculpture, vernacular architecture and village crafts.  In more recent times, as the area opened up to world travel and communication, local artists embraced new subjects and media.

Covering Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, Dr Kerlogue examines both the roots and more recent development of the arts of this distinctive region, tracing the reflection in the arts of indigenous beliefs and world religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity – from prehistory to the present day.