| Buddhist Storytelling in Thailand and Laos: The Vessantara Jataka Scroll and the Asian Civilisations Museum Contributor(s): Lefferts, H. Leedom (Author), Cate, Sandra (Author), Tossa, Wajuppa (Author) |
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ISBN: 9810724780 ISBN-13: 9789810724788 Publisher: Asian Civilisations Museum OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Techniques - Painting - Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist) - Art | Asian - General |
| Dewey: 294.382 |
| LCCN: 2013341065 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 9.7" W x 11.8" (2.55 lbs) 1163 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This richly illustrated, full-colour volume offers an innovative study of the long, painted scrolls of Northeast Thailand and Laos that depictthe Prince Vessantara Buddhist birth story. A 31-metre scroll in the Asian Civilisations Museum provides the focus for this popular narrative. The scroll is reproduced in its entirety, with comparative illustrations from other scrolls. The authors analyze these scrolls in the context of the Bun Phra Wet - the Thai-Lao and Lao ceremony in which they are used - and consider the complex interplay of text, art, ritual, and belief which occur in these performances. |