| ID | 126137 |
| Title Proper | From Buddhist icons to national antiquities |
| Other Title Information | cultural nationalism and colonial knowledge in the making of Thailand's history of art |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Peleggi, Maurizio |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In the mid 1920s Prince Damrong Rajanubhab and George Coedès jointly formulated the stylistic classification of Thailand's antiquities that was employed to reorganize the collection of the Bangkok Museum and has since acquired canonical status. The reorganization of the Bangkok Museum as a 'national' institution in the final years of royal absolutism responded to increasing international interest in the history and ancient art of Southeast Asia, but represented also the culmination of several decades of local antiquarian pursuits. This paper traces the origins of the art history of Thailand to the intellectual and ideological context of the turn of the twentieth century and examines its parallelism to colonial projects of knowledge that postulated a close linkage between race, ancestral territory and nationhood. |
| `In' analytical Note | Modern Asian Studies Vol. 47, No.5; Sep 2013: p.1520-1548 |
| Journal Source | Modern Asian Studies Vol. 47, No.5; Sep 2013: p.1520-1548 |
| Key Words | Cultural Nationalism ; Colonial Knowledge ; Thailand ; National Antiquities ; Southeast Asia ; History ; Buddhism |