Naga : cultural origins in Siam and the West Pacific / Sumet Jumsai, with contributions by R. Buckminster Fuller



Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)

1988

Naga : cultural origins in Siam and the West Pacific / Sumet Jumsai, with contributions by R. Buckminster Fuller

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cultural origins in Siam and the West Pacific. Possibly no other region in the world possesses as many water symbols as East and South-East Asia. Particularly in Siam, whether it is in ritual, literature, dancing, folk art, painting, sculpture, architecture, or town planning, a host of aquatic attributes underlies them all. The scope of this work is to attempt to explain these symbols while, at the same time, relating them to the origin of civilizations in the area.

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Architecture--Thailand Architecture--Southeast Asia Thailand--Civilization Southeast Asia--Civilizatio

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Title
Naga : cultural origins in Siam and the West Pacific / Sumet Jumsai, with contributions by R. Buckminster Fuller
Creators
  • Sumēt Chumsāi Na ʻAytthayā, 1939-
Subject
  • Architecture--Thailand
  • Architecture--Southeast Asia
  • Thailand--Civilization
  • Southeast Asia--Civilizatio
Publisher
  • Oxford University Press, 1988
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1988
Contributors
  • Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-
Digital Description
application/pdf, ill. maps
Table of Contents
  • Preface -- Tables -- Figures -- Plates -- Introduction -- 1. Naga and rites -- 2. Water-based civilization -- 3. Amphibious architecture -- 4. Land-based architecture -- 5. Water towns -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Copyright
  • All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.