2013 Asian Studies Development Program Workshop Crossing Borders, Bridging Cultures: Re-mapping Southeast Asia

Paul Lavy, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of South and Southeast Asian Art History University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Phone: (808) 956-5259 E-mail: [email protected]

The Legacy of Artistic Interaction between Cambodia and Thailand … and Beyond

Presentation Abstract

This presentation provides a select introduction to the art history of Cambodia and Thailand with an emphasis on the long history of artistic interaction between these countries, as well as with neighboring traditions in other parts of Southeast Asia, India, and China. Early Hindu and Buddhist art are particularly highlighted, but case studies range from the ancient past to the contemporary art world and include examples of metalwork, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, and painting.

Part 1: Foundations from Prehistory to “Charter States”

Key theme: the adaptation of international influences assimilated across historically porous ethnic, religious, and political borders to yield unique and distinctly localized artistic expressions. Examples include Bronze Age traditions, Dvaravati Buddhist art in Thailand, Preangkorian Khmer sculpture, and the art/architecture of Angkor.

Part 2: “Golden Age” Art Traditions, Past to Present

Key themes: the art traditions of Angkor and Sukhothai; the relevance of the art associated with these traditions for contemporary people and politics.

Assigned Readings for Session

Fiona Kerlogue, “Introduction,” in Arts of Southeast Asia (London: Thames and Hudson, 2004), pp. 7-23.

Robert L. Brown, "Indian Art Transformed: The Earliest Sculptural Styles of Southeast Asia," in Indian Art and Archaeology, ed. Ellen M. Raven and Karel R. Van Kooij (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1992), pp. 40-53.

Paul A. Lavy, “Preah Vihear in Limbo: The Fate of an Ancient Flower,” Orientations 43, 4 (May 2012): pp. 88-90.

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Recommended Reading on Southeast Asian Art History

André-Pallois, Nadine. L'Indochine: un lieu d'échange culturel?: les peintres français et indochinois (fin XIXe-XXe siècle). Paris: Presses de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, 1997.

Apinan Poshyananda. Modern Art in Thailand: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1992.

Baptiste, Pierre and Thierry Zéphir, eds. Trésors d'art du Vietnam: la sculpture du Champa, Ve- XVe siècles. Paris: Réunion des Musées nationaux, 2005.

______. Dvāravatī: aux sources du bouddhisme en Thaïlande. Paris: Réunion des Musées nationaux, 2009.

Bautze-Picron, Claudine. The Buddhist Murals of Pagan: Timeless Vistas of the Cosmos. Trumbull, CT: Weatherhill, 2003.

Bennett, James, ed. Crescent Moon: Islamic Art & Civilisation in Southeast Asia. Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia, 2005.

Brinkgreve, Francine and Retno Sulistianingsih, eds. Sumatra: Crossroads of Cultures. Leiden: KITLV Press, 2009.

Brown, Robert L. "'Rules for Change in the Transfer of Indian Art to Southeast Asia.” In Ancient Indonesian Sculpture, 10-32, eds. Marijke J. Klokke and Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer. Leiden: KITLV Press, 1994.

______. The Dvaravati Wheels of the Law and the Indianization of South-East Asia. Leiden: Brill, 1996.

Casal, Gabriel et al. The People and Art of the Philippines. Los Angeles: Museum of Cultural History, University of California, 1981.

Coe, Michael D. Angkor and the Khmer Civilization. London: Thames and Hudson, 2003.

Fontein, Jan. The Sculpture of Indonesia. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1990.

Freeman, Michael. A Guide to Khmer Temples in Thailand and Laos. Bangkok: River Books, 1996.

Freeman, Michael and Claude Jacques, Ancient Angkor, rev. ed. Bangkok: River Books, 2007.

Girard-Geslan, Maud et al. Art of Southeast Asia. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998.

Giteau, Madeleine. Art et archéologie du Laos. Paris: Picard, 2001.

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Gosling, Betty. Origins of Thai Art. Trumbull, CT: Weatherhill, 2004.

Guillon, Emmanuel. Hindu-Buddhist Art of Vietnam: Treasures from Champa. Trumbull, CT: Weatherhill, 2001.

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Heywood, Denise. Ancient Luang Prabang. Bangkok: River Books, 2005.

Jacques, Claude. Angkor: Cities and Temples. London: Thames and Hudson, 1997.

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______. Art and Architecture of Cambodia. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2004.

Jessup, Helen Ibbitson and Thierry Zephir, eds. Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia: Millennium of Glory. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1997.

Kieven, Lydia. Worshipping Siva and Buddha: The Temple Art of East Java. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003,

Lavy, Paul A. "As in Heaven, So on Earth: The Role of Vishnu, Harihara, and Shiva Images in the Politics of Preangkorian Southeast Asia." Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 34, 1 (2003): 21-39.

______. “Conch-on-Hip Images in Peninsular Thailand and the Beginning of Vaiṣṇava Sculpture in Southeast Asia.” In Before Siam: Essays in Art and Archaeology, ed. Nicolas Revire and Stephen A. Murphy. Bangkok: River Books, forthcoming in 2014.

Manguin, Pierre-Yves. “Pan-Regional Responses to South Asian Inputs in Early Southeast Asia.” In 50 Years of Archaeology in Southeast Asia, 171-181, ed. Berenice Bellina et al. Bangkok: River Books, 2010.

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Maxwell, Robyn J. Life, Death, and Magic: 2000 years of Southeast Asian Ancestral Art. Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2010.

McGill, Forrest, ed. The Kingdom of Siam: The Art of Central Thailand, 1350-1800. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2005.

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______, ed. Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma, 1775-1950. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2009.

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Nguyen-Long, Kerry. Arts of Viet Nam 1009-1945. Hanoi: The Gioi Publishers, 2013.

Pettifor, Steven. Flavours: Thai Contemporary Art. Thavibu Gallery, 2003.

Phillips, Herbert P. The Integrative Art of Modern Thailand. Berkeley, CA: Lowe Museum of Anthropology, 1992.

Piriya Krairiksh. Roots of Thai Art. Bangkok: River Books, 2012.

Protschky, Susie. Images of the Tropics: Environment and Visual Culture in Colonial Indonesia. Leiden: KITLV Press, 2011.

Ranard, Andrew. Burmese Painting: A Linear and Lateral History. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 2009.

Reichle, Natasha. Violence and Serenity: Late Buddhist Sculpture from Indonesia. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2007.

______, ed. Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2010.

Rooney, Dawn F. Ancient Sukhothai: Thailand's Cultural Heritage. Bangkok: River Books, 2008

Roveda, Vittorio. Sacred Angkor: The Carved Reliefs of Angkor Wat. Bangkok: River Books, 2002.

______. Images of the Gods: Khmer Mythology in Cambodia, Thailand and Laos. Bangkok: River Books, 2005.

Roveda, Vittorio and Sothon Yem. Buddhist Painting in Cambodia. Bangkok: River Books, 2009.

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______. Preah Bot: Buddhist Painted Scrolls in Cambodia. Bangkok: River Books, 2010.

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______. Ancient Pagan: Buddhist Plain of Merit. Bangkok: River Books, 2005.

______. Sacred Sites of Burma: Myth and Folklore in an Evolving Spiritual Realm. Bangkok: River Books, 2011.

Stratton, Carol and Miriam McNair Scott. The Art of Sukhothai: Thailand’s Golden Age. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1987.

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______. The Art and Architecture of Thailand. Leiden: Brill, 2003.

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