Teaching & Learning Guide for

This guide accompanies the following article(s): Chirapravati, P, Buddhism and Thai Art, Religion Compass 3/4 (2009) : pp. 566–579, 10.1111/j. 1749‐8171.2009.00148.x Author’s Introduction This guide is written for both Thai Buddhist art history and Buddhist studies classes. The focus of Thai art history in the past had mainly been on stylistic analysis, connoisseurship, and iconography. Currently, art historians incorporate and collaborate more with other fields such as anthropology, architecture, and religious studies. Thus, the study of rituals, spaces, and texts are essential for the understanding of Buddhist art in Thai cultural and ritualistic contexts. Online Materials 1. http://tdm.sas.upenn.edu The Thai Digital Monastery (TDM) website provides important information for the area of Thai studies. The site was developed by Justin McDaniel, who is currently a religious studies professor at the University of Pennsylvania. It includes materials on art history, architecture, anthropology, Buddhism, history, and literature. The site also provides useful web links and is very user friendly. The section on art and architecture provides the viewer with three‐dimensional virtual environments of several important temples and mural paintings in Thailand such as Wat Ratchaorot in Thonburi, Wat Prathum Wararam, and Wat Rakhang Ghositaram. 2. http://dlxs.library.cornell.edu/s/sea/ This website hosts a very useful Collection of Historic Travel Narratives that were written by foreigners who travelled to Southeast Asian from the 17th century. Art history and Buddhism of Thailand can be searched under Siam. 3. http://67.52.109.59/code/emuseum.asp The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco posts images and information about many pieces in their collection online. Thai Buddhist art can be searched under Thai art, Thai Buddha images, Thai paintings, and Thai Furniture (e.g. sutra cabinets). Sample Syllabus The following syllabus can be adopted for both general‐level courses of Thai Art and advanced undergraduate and graduate seminar courses. The majority of Thai art from the 5th to 18th century was made for religious purposes, mainly Buddhist or Hindu. Thus, it is vital for students to study religious texts to be able to identify the themes and deities important for each cultural period. It is also important to understand the change of administrative power in Thai history; thus the second part of the syllabus includes historical sources. The syllabus is categorized according to region and art historical chronology: Dvaravati period (Central region; 5th–10th century), Srivijaya period (Peninsular region; 5th–10th century), Lopburi period (the period of Khmer domination; 11th–12th century), Sukhothai period (Thai domination in the Central region; 13th–14th century), Lanna period (also known as Chiangsan period or Thai domination in Northern region; 13th–18th century), Ayutthaya period (Thai domination; 14th–18th century), and Bangkok period (late 18th to present). Part One: Art History Survey of Thai Art (5th–20th Century) Boisselier, J, 1974, La Sculpture en Thailand . Office du Livre, Fribourg, Switzerland. Boisselier, J, 1975, La Peinture en Thailand . Office du Livre, Fribourg, Switzerland. In: RL Brown (ed.), Art from Thailand , pp. 49–64. Marg, Mumbai, India. Brown, RL, (ed.), 1999, Art from Thailand . Marg, Mumbai, India. Chirapravati, Pattaratorn ML, 1994, The Cult of Votive Tablets in Thailand (seventh to thirteenth centuries) . PhD dissertation, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Chirapravati, Pattaratorn ML, 1997, Votive Tablets in Thailand: Origin, Styles, and Uses . Oxford University Press, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Chirapravati, Pattaratorn ML, 1999, ‘Buddhist Votive Tablets and Amulets from Thailand’, In: RL Brown (ed.), Art from Thailand , pp. 49–64. Marg, Mumbai, India. Coedès, G, 1926, ‘Siamese Votive Tablets’, Journal of Siam Society, vol. 20, pt. I. Reprinted by Coedès, G, 1954, ‘Selected articles’, Siam Society Journal , vol. 1, pp. 150–87. Coedès, G, 1928, ‘Les collections archéologiques du Musée National de Bangkok’, Ars Asiatica , no. 12. G. van Oest, Paris, France; and Brussels, Belgium. Damrong Rajanubhab, P, 1973, Monuments of the Buddha in Siam . Trans. Sulak Sivaraksa and AB Griswold. Siam Society, Bangkok, Thailand. Diskul, Subhadradis MC, 1971, Art in Thailand: A Brief History , 2nd rev. edn. Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Ginsburg, H, 1989, Thai Manuscript Painting . British Library, London, UK. Ginsburg, H, 2000, Thai Art and Culture: Historic Manuscripts from Western. Collections . British Library, London, UK; University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, HI; and Silkworm Books, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Griswold, A.B. (1960) History of Art and Architecture in Siam, In the Arts of Thailand, ed. Theodore Bowie, 25‐165. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University. Ginsburg, H, Thai Painting in the Walters Art Museum, The Journal of the Walters Art Museum. A Curator’s Choice: Essays in Honor of Hiram W. Woodward, Jr. vol. 64/65, pp. 99‐148. Gosling, B, 2006, The Origins of Thai Art . River Books, Bangkok, Thailand. Griswold, AB, 1960, ‘History of Art and Architecture in Siam’, In: T Bowie (ed.), The Arts of Thailand , pp. 25–165. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Krairiksh, Piriya, 1979, Das heilige Bildnis: Skulpturen aus Thailand/The Sacred Image: Sculptures from Thailand. Cologne: Museen fur Ostasiatische Kunst, Museen der Stadt Koln. Krairiksh, Piriya, 1990, Prawatsat sinlapa lae borankhadi nai prathet thai [History of Art and Archeology in Thailand

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