Search Results: indochina art in the melting pot of by bernard philippe groslier

Methuen, London 1962. 24.0 x 18.5cms, 262pp, b/w & tipped-in colour illusts, very good+ hardback (no dustwrapper as issued) in fine slipcase The chapters are: prehistory & the dawn of history; the conributions of China & India; the shaping of the Indianised states, the Kingdom of Fu-nan; pre-Angkor Indonchina, the Empire of Chen-La; the foundation of Angkor; the Kymer Empire; Indonchina in the shadow of Angkor; Angkor Vat; the resurrection of Angkor; the disintegration of the Indianised states; the Thi conquest, Innnodchina under the spell of the Buddhism of Renunciation; Vietnames invasion & the impact of Europeans.

Methuen London1962. 24.0 x 18.5cms, 244pp, b/w illusts & tipped in colour illusts, fine hardcover in very good+ slipcase. This book has chapters on: the birth of Indochina; the Kingdom of Fu-nan; the Empire of Chen-La; the foundation of Ankor; the Khmer Empire; Indochina inthe shadow of Khmer; the Khmer classical period (Angkor Vat); the resurrection of Angkor; the disintegration of the Indianised states; the Thai conquest & Buddhist renunciation; the Vietnamese invasion and the impact of Europeans.

London : Methuen, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth, includes an equally good slip-case. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; Art of the world ; a series of regional histories of the visual arts, 9. Physical description; 261 pages : illustrations (part mounted color), maps (part folded) plans, tables ; 24 cm. Notes; American ed. (New York, Crown Publishers) has title: The art of Indochina. Bibliography: pages 240-245. Translation of Indochine; carrefour des arts. Contents; Originally published as ""Indochine:carrefour des arts"", A. Michel, 1961 Subjects; Art, Indochinese. Art Cambodia. Art Thailand. Art, Indochinese. Art History. Champa (Extinct city) Art. Angkor (Extinct city) Buildings, structures etc. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated.