Preah Bot : Buddhist Painted Scrolls in Cambodia
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
9749863992
ISBN-13
9789749863992
Publisher
River Books
Imprint
River Books
Country of Manufacture
TH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 24th, 2011
Print length
200 Pages
Weight
458 grams
Dimensions
23.90 x 17.10 x 1.00 cms
Product Classification:
Oriental artPainting & paintingsReligious subjects depicted in artBuddhism
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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.
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 use of Preah Bot in a strictly religious sense has disappeared. Instead today they are being produced purely as souvenirs for tourists or for collectors. The book is also intended as an encouragement to the Cambodian People to preserve and study their important Buddhist heritage.
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