Burmese crafts: past and present

In this work, the author introduces the reader to the scope and beauty of Burmese crafts by exploring the historical background, the foundations of Burma's artistic traditions, and the temple and pagoda arts of brick, stucco, sculpture, and painting, before embarking on a systematic survey of t...

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1. Verfasser: Fraser-Lu, Sylvia (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Kuala Lumpur u.a. Oxford Univ. Press 1994
Ausgabe:1. publ.
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Zusammenfassung:In this work, the author introduces the reader to the scope and beauty of Burmese crafts by exploring the historical background, the foundations of Burma's artistic traditions, and the temple and pagoda arts of brick, stucco, sculpture, and painting, before embarking on a systematic survey of the development and evolution of Burma's major crafts, such as bronze and ironwork, wooden architecture, wood-carving, gold, silver, and jewellery, ceramics, lacquer, textiles and costume, books, paper, baskets, mats, and umbrellas.
Beschreibung:XIV, 371 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:0195886089

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