Buddhist Storytelling in Thailand and Laos: The Vessantara Jataka Scroll at the Asian Civilisations Museum - Rilegato

Lefferts, Leedom; Cate, Sandra

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 9810724780 ISBN 13: 9789810724788

Casa editrice: Asian Civilisation Museum, 2013

Riassunto

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.

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• Editore: Asian Civilisation Museum
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 9810724780
• ISBN 13: 9789810724788
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 163