Introduction
Periodicals
Annals of the Náprstek Museum
2020/41/2
Narrative designs in artworks from Burma/ Myanmar in the Náprstek Museum collections
Narrative designs in artworks from Burma/ Myanmar in the Náprstek Museum collections
Fiona Kerlogue, Dagmar Pospíšilová
| Pages | 71–91 |
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| DOI | 10.37520/anpm.2020.008 |
| Keywords | Burma/Myanmar, Náprstek Museum collections, arts and crafts, silverwork, lacquerware, tapestry embroidery/kalaga |
| Type of Article | Materialia |
| Citation | KERLOGUE, Fiona a POSPÍŠILOVÁ, Dagmar. Narrative designs in artworks from Burma/ Myanmar in the Náprstek Museum collections. Annals of the Náprstek Museum. Prague: National Museum, 2020, 41(2), 71–91. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/anpm.2020.008. ISSN 0231-844X (print), 2533-5685 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/aotnpm/41-2/narrative-designs-in-artworks-from-burma-myanmar-in-the-naprstek-museum-collections |
This article gives an overview of material from Burma/Myanmar in the collections of the Náprstek Museum, with a focus on three types: lacquerware, silverware, and embroidery. Examples from the collection are linked by their use of narrative scenes as devices to embellish the surfaces, especially scenes from the life of the Buddha and scenes from the stories of his previous lives. Historical scenes are often depicted on lacquerware from Bagan. Techniques employed to decorate the objects are very much the same today as they were when the majority of the items discussed were made, that is in the 19th century.
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