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Bangkok: White Lotus, 1999. Siam: Land und Volk gibt einen fotografischen Überblick auf 142 Seiten über das Thailand vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Der Architekt Karl Döhring arbeitete an verschiedenen Projekten für die Regierung von König Chulalongkorn, sein scharfes Auge für Details und sein langer Aufenthalt in Siam ermöglichten ihm dem Leser in 36 Seiten Text einem unfassenden Überblick in kondensierter Form zu geben. Er behandelt folgende Themen: das Land, Wasserstraßen, Bevölkerung, Charakter, Familie, landwirtschaft, Rechtliche Verhaltnisse, Lehensrecht, Gerichtsbarkeit, Feuerbestattung, Hofleben und Festlichkeiten, Musik und Theater. 206 pp. incl. 142 b&w plates. Reprint edition. Soft Cover. New. 29 x 21 cm..
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The Measured Art: A Proportional Analysis of Early Khmer Sculpture
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Bangkok: White Lotus, 2011. The Measured Art: A Proportional Analysis of Early Khmer Sculpture Offers an innovative approach to interpreting early Khmer sculpture. This book presents a proportional analysis in which measurements are taken directly from the images. In the absence of historical evidence about artistic practices in early Cambodia, this provides us with a new understanding of how the early Khmer sculptor calculated and manipulated the composition of his imagery. It further makes it possible to establish the first objective database for comparing the measurements of one form or image with another. The imagery, thereby, becomes actively involved in revealing its own historical narrative by clearly articulating in numerical terms how early Khmer sculpture changed overtime. Although early Khmer sculpture is aesthetically unique, its proportional systems rely heavily on ancient Indian texts concerning iconometry or proper proportions that are known elsewhere in other parts of the Indian world.…
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