Arts of Southeast Asia (World of Art)

It was very insightful about the temple construction of Angkor Wat. When I get there, I will be prepared for what I will be seeing. The print is a little small and I had to look up a number of words that I did not know so you are definitely not reading it during the baseball game.

Book arrived in great condition!

I love the book, great condition. thank you. nothing to complain very very good quality. It would be my pleasure to read it.

Unlike the other reviewer, I thought this was an interesting book. Part of the problem is that there has been so little written about SouthEast Asian art for the general reader in the past 20 years or so (Rawson's book is ancient). Compare that with the hundreds of books on China. This author covers much of the shift in attention now being paid to vernacular arts and other less "Indianized" topics (though these are covered quite generously), and is, in that sense "post-modern". I found it serious, well written, and certainly worth one's attention: it incorporates some of the archeological discoveries for the earlier period, and presents a more nuanced view of the various waves of cultural influence that have washed back and forth across the region.

A somewhat parched production. Kerlogue far overstretches her abilities and consistently betrays a lack of intuition, personal engagement with her subjects, and intellectual insight. She lags behind other writers who have given us far livelier, more deeply informative books that are enjoyable to read. This author should stick to museum work.

Attempting to cover SE Asian art from the earliest times to today is a daunting task. Unfortunately the publishers have made the task of understanding difficult for this reader (and as annex-publisher I would contend most readers) by failing to include any maps or a simple chronology chart. This book is supposed to be a simple introduction, after all. Not having any maps is a fundamental error. Without them it's very difficult to know where the different places are that are referred to in the text. Confusion is compounded by the lack of proper location detail in the captions to the many illustrations. At the very least the caption could indicate what country (using today's borders) the pieces illustrated originate from. Although as an introductory text the book is informative it is marred by these omissions. I would call that very sloppy publishing.

S'alright