Significant Art Forms

Fresco of the Preaching Buddha at the Wet-kyi-in, Gu-byauk-gyi, Pagan,

c. 1113

Apsaras, heavenly dancing girls, bas-relief from Angkor Wat, Angkor

Ravana, the demon king, fighting the white monkey Hanuman,

in khon masked pantomime,Thailand.

Wayang kulit (shadow-puppet theatre), Java.

Ruined temples at Angkor Thom, Angkor, Cambodia.

Shwesandaw cetiya (a building that combines the attributes

of both stupa and shrine), Pagan, now in Myanmar, 11th century.

Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Yangôn, Myanmar, c. 15th century..

Water PavilionBang Pa-in, Thailand, 1294.

That Luang Stupa, Vientiane, Laos, 1566

restored 18th and 19th centuries.

Shiva and Uma, sandstone, from Banteay Srei, Angkor, Cambodia

Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia

Vishnu, stone, from Bali; in the Royal Tropical Institute Museum,

Amsterdam. Height 80 cm.

The Stupa Complex at Borobudur in Java, Indonesia.

A Dhyani-Buddha on one of the Stupa Terraces

at Borobudur, Java, 8th century.

Temple of Shiva, the central temple of the Lara Jonggrang complex,

Prambanan, Java, c. 900.

Pura Besakih, the mother temple of Bali,

on Mount Agung, Bali, 14th century. In the centre is the 11-story meru

dedicated to Shiva.

San Agustin Church, Intramuros