Mural art : studies on paintings in Asia / edited by Cristophe Munier-Gaillard.
'Mural Art - Studies on mural paintings in Asia' is a series of ten articles by the best scholars on murals in Afghanistan, Xinjiang (China), Tibet, Burma, Thailand and Mongolia from the 5th to the 18th century. With issues such as preservation, digital reconstruction of lost murals, reda...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bangkok :
River Books,
2018.
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| Summary: | 'Mural Art - Studies on mural paintings in Asia' is a series of ten articles by the best scholars on murals in Afghanistan, Xinjiang (China), Tibet, Burma, Thailand and Mongolia from the 5th to the 18th century. With issues such as preservation, digital reconstruction of lost murals, redating through the study of regional influences, iconography, style, translation and edition of captioned murals, this book provides new information with challenging perspectives based on the latest findings. It also reveals murals never published (Burma, Thailand, Mongolia), recently rediscovered and endangered (Tibet) or destroyed and vandalized (Afghanistan, Xinjiang). |
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| Physical Description: | 251 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 31 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 6167339961 9786167339962 |