Thailand's+Art

Traditional **Thai art** is primarily composed of [|Buddhist art]. Traditional Thai [|sculpture] almost exclusively depicts __[|images of the Buddha]__. Traditional Thai [|paintings] usually consist of book illustrations, and painted ornamentation of buildings such as [|palaces] and [|temples]  Now for arts and Literature. In the olden days, the arts and literature of [|Thailand] served her religion. The classical style of architectre as revealed in her temples with their su perimposed roofs and glazed coloured tiles is no doubt structurally akin to the Chinese. However, gilding and other decorative arts are typical of the orientals. The gracefully tapering tiered roof of some of her architecture is evolved from the Cambodi an sikhara of the Hindu temple. Although this tapering roof structure is typical of Thailand and Burma, it differs in style which may be compared profitably. Cambodia has it too, but its style is a copy from Thailand within recent times. [|**Sculpture in Thailand**]was confined in the past to casting Buddha images. The carried this art to perfection both in technique and artistic expression. Some anci ent specimens of this art can be compared favourably with other nation's classical arts.

[|**Painting in Thailand**] was also in the past confined to mural tempera painting within the [|temple] buildings. The style was more conventionalised and achieved some artistic manifestations to a high degree, but it cannot be compared to sculpture which was a perfect artistic achievement.

[|**Modern architecture sculpture and painting of Thailand**]are of Western style. But in order to carry on her artistic traditions as peculiarly her own and enriching humanity, the problem is to preserve her own classical arts as a source of inspiration for evolving her own modern arts with the progress of the times in order to preserve her own identity individual cultures suitably within the culture of a wider one.