This wide-ranging collection of essays examines the arts of Southeast Asia in context. Contributors study the creation, use, and local significance of works of art, illuminating the many complex links between an object's aesthetic qualities and its origins in a community.

About the Author

Nora A. Taylor is Alsdorf Professor of South and Southeast Asian Art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the author of Painters in Hanoi: An Ethnography of Vietnamese Art as well as articles on modern and contemporary Vietnamese Art.

Reviews

Stanley J. O'Connor's concern and interest in making the art and cultures of Southeast Asia come alive to students in his classes... has clearly worked. His legacy is displayed in these essays.

* Asian Perspectives *

This collection provides a broad understanding of the topics that fascinate O'Connor: geographically, from Burma to the east coast of Malaysia, and historically, from prehistoric to contemporary painting. Despite this breadth, it displays a unity of approach that I would summarize as follows: art and its practice are the expression of human relations.

* Archipel *



Book Information
ISBN 9780877277286
Author Nora A. Taylor
Format Paperback
Page Count 244
Imprint Southeast Asia Program Publications, Cornell University
Publisher Cornell University Press
Weight(grams) 907g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 13mm