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Learn more about Asian Arts Crafts. Recommended Book: The Art of Southeast Asia: Cambodia Vietnam Thailand Laos Burma Java Bali (World of Art) by Philip S. Rawson . Reviewer: krchicago from Amazon Com
The Good -- Covers a lot of territory in a short
space. Rawson points out the most important features of the most significant
works, and traces artistic developments leading up to them. For each country,
Rawson provides a brief historical overview, running from the earliest known
history through the the periods of (in his view) the most significant artistic
achievements. This overview is surprisingly helpful in trying to understand
the significance that the works (particularly the monuments) had in the
societies in which they were created. Rawson also makes some insightful
comments about how religious doctrines have shaped artistic development.
If you are going to Southeast Asia, this book will give you a basic idea
of what to look for. If you are beginning a serious study of Southeast Asian
art, this will give you an overview and a context in which to place further
studies.
The Bad -- Covers a lot of territory in a short space. As a result, Rawson
cannot mention much more than universally acknowledged masterpieces. With
the exception of one modern Indonesian painter and a few 14th Century Thai
bronzes, one would gather from Rawson that art stopped in Southeast
Asia about 1200. This book was originally published in 1967, and a number
of Rawson's opinions and his general attitude seem somewhat out of date.
Rawson does not like his buildings "overly" decorated, which seems
to me a matter of taste -- a taste clearly not shared by most of the societies
he describes. He provides almost no description of the "craft"
arts, and very little cross-cultural comparison.
The Ugly -- The photographs of the architectural monuments are almost all
atrocious. It's conceivable that these were the best available in 1967,
but Thames Hudson should have done something to update them when they
reprinted the book in 1993. In addition to simply upgrading the quality
of the photographs, some of the monuments have been significantly restored
in the intervening years, so more modern pictures would also provide a better
of idea of what the buildings were intended to look like. Worst of all,
a number of the photographs are split over 2 pages -- the binding down the
middle makes it almost impossible to get a decent look at the picture without
breaking the book's back.
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