Acknowledgements
The publisher wishes to thank the following people for their support and assistance in compiling this book and bringing it to publication: Roy Howard, Werner Hahn, Cindy Caldwell, Daniel Reid, Richard Lair, Yvan Van Outrive, Kittisak Nualvilai and Penpane Damrongsiri. In addition, we wish to express our gratitude to the following individuals and institutions for making available for photography various objects of art in their possession: Taveesak senanarong, Director General, Fine Arts Department; the late Princess Chumbhot of Nagor Svarga, the late Prince Piya Rnagsit, Prince Bhanubandhu Yugala, Praku Knanumsommanajara, Surat Osathanugrah, Prasat Vongsakul, Tawan Duchanee, Preecha Thaothon, Chalermchai Kositpipat, Uab Sanasen, Panya Vijinthanasarn, Alfred Pawlin, Diethard Ande, Sumet Jumsai and the Siam Society. Angkarn Kalayanapongsa has provided the artistic sketches which appear in the first chapter.
Frontpiece: Detail from the murals in the Lai Kham Vihan of Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai.
The Arts of Thailand
This edition published in 1999 by Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
Second printing in 2000.
Text © 1985, 1991 by Steven Van Beek
Photographs © 1985, 1991 by Luca Invernizzi Tettoni
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ISBN: 978-1-4629-0676-5 (ebook)