| ISBN |
0939117509 (hbk.) |
| 9780939117505 (hbk.) |
| Title |
Emerald cities : arts of Siam and Burma, 1775-1950 / Forrest McGill, editor ; Forrest McGill and M. L. Pattaratorn Chirapravati, exhibition co-curators ; additional contribution by Peter Skilling ; photography by Kazuhiro Tsuruta |
| Publisher |
San Francisco : Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, 2010 |
| Physical desc. |
xv, 245 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 31 cm. |
| Note |
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Emerald cities: arts of Siam and Burma, 1775-1950, organized by the Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, and presented at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 23 October 2009-10 January 2010. |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-234) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Forrest McGill -- The culture of Burma and Siam in the nineteenth century / Forrest McGill -- Living the Siamese life: culture, religion, and art / M. L. Pattaratorn Chirapravati -- Similar yet different: Buddhism in Siam and Burma in the nineteenth century / Peter Skilling -- Burma -- Shan State and Northern Thailand -- Central Thailand. |
| Corporate name |
Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture Exhibitions |
| Subject |
Art, Thai -- Exhibitions |
| Art, Burmese -- Exhibitions |
| Manuscripts, Thai -- Exhibitions |
| Manuscripts, Burmese -- Exhibitions |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Thai -- Exhibitions |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Burmese -- Exhibitions |
| Buddhist illumination of books and manuscripts -- Exhibitions |
| Thailand -- Civilization |
| Burma -- Civilization |
| Added name(s) |
McGill, Forrest 1947- |
| Pattaratorn Chirapravati M.L. 1958- |
| Skilling, Peter |
| Tsuruta, Kazuhiro |
| Added name(s) - Corporate |
Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture |
| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco |
